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Musical Periods - Coggle Diagram
Musical Periods
Renaissance (1400-1600)
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music was thought of horizontally, rather than vertically (homophony was less important)
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Composers include Palestrina, Weelkes, Byrd, Tallis, and Dunstaple
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forms included masses, motets, fantasias etc
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20th Century (1900-2000)
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immense unrest in Europe, WWI, the rise of communism in Russia, overthrow of monarchy in several European countries
Impressionism
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an idea of a subject is created by composing a representation of the emotions/ideas associated with it
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tensionless harmony - dissonance not resolved, but used as a timbre
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Serialism
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A series of notes is created - these notes are then played in order/ a melody is created from them. they can be played at any octave but they cannot be repeated until the entire note row is played.
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Classical (1750-1820)
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invention of clarinet and more independent woodwind parts (not just for chords, now also have melodies)
melody is important - use of scales, triads, balanced phrases, lyrical melodies
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composers include Haydn, Stamitz, Mozart, Rossini, Gluck and Martines
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Baroque (1600-1750)
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harpsichord and continuo writing, figured bass and ground bass
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Use of primary chords - I, IV and V to establish key and structure
Baroque Dance suite, opera, concerto grosso, solo concerto, Baroque forms such as binary, tertiary, fugue
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Composers include Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell, and Handel
Romantic (1820-1900)
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new forms invented - lied, programme symphony, symphonic poem, piano miniature
unlike classical, longer and more expressive melody lines and wider and more unusual leaps
exploration of complex harmony, freer use of non-harmonic tones, chromatic voice leading, longer delay in resolving dissonance
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emphasis on broadening the range of instrumental colour - new instruments were added to the orchestra and unusual instruments were given main melodies
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other composers included Schubert, Brahms and Beethoven
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