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MARY CUMMINGS MUSIC THROUGHOUT HISTORY

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A PowerPoint giving a children's overview of music throughout history! Includes many musical eras and a lot of information and details about each era

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  • 1. MUSIC THROUGHOUTHISTORYMAR Y CUMMINGS

2. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENTPERIODS OF MUSIC! Renaissance: 1420-1600 Baroque: 1600-1750 Classical: 1750-1820 Romantic: 1820-1900 Modern: 1900-present 3. Renaissance: 1420-1600 MUSIC: Dance Music Instrumental Music Polyphonic texture Polyphony means that 2 or moreindependent lines play at the same time Sacred Music- Church Music 4. Renaissance: NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Josquin des Prez Giovannie Da Palestrina William Byrd Thomas Morley Michael PraetoriusWilliam Byrd: Ave Maria 5. Baroque: 1600-1750 MUSIC: Operas have become a source of entertainment Oratorios: Music for orchestra and voices that tells asacred story Concerto: A piece for soloists and orchestra with 3contrasting movements Harpsichord was introduced; considered to be in thekeyed instrument family; played by plucking thestrings to produce a vibration which produces sound Formalized dances become very popular 6. BaroqueNOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Johann Sebastian Bach Antonio Vivaldi Donenico Scarlatti George Fredric HandelJohann Sebastian Bach 7. CLASSICAL: 1750-1820 MUSIC: Symphonies become VERY popular! Symphony: An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra that includes 4movements Sonatas: A piece for an instrumental soloist with a pianist accompaniment Minuet is a very popular dance and type of music in this time period. Minuet: A slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time. (Usuallyconducted in 1) Gavotte was another popular dance, usually in 4/4 time String quartets become increasingly written and played Piano becomes the main instrument for composers 8. CLASSICAL NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang A. Mozart Franz Schubert Antonio VivaldiFun Fact About the Classical Era: Mozart was the most notableClassical Era composer. They considered it to be the end of theClassical Music time period when Mozart died!MozartMozart PianoSonata 9. *MUSIC:*Operas and program music make a comeback!* Program Music: The music that goes along with anopera or play*People became fascinated with romances from MidEvil times which lead to a high interest indeveloping these types of pieces*Poetry and stories of heroes were very popular andwere starting to be included into operas and plays*Dynamics became wider; meaning that thecomposers made the instrumentalists play much,much softer and much, much louder! Tempos werealso much more extreme* 10. *NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS:**Felix Mendelssohn*Robert Schumann*Frederic Chopin*Franz Liszt*Johannes BrahmsChopin Nocturne 11. 20TH CENTURY/MODERN: 1900-PRESENT MUSIC: All sounds have become possible in music! There usedto be restrictions on the types of things that can beincluded and now composers have total freedom in theirworks. This time period starts mixing elements from multiplecultures to make new and never seen beforecompositions With all the advances in technology, composers are ableto use different types of instruments Complex rhythms are 20th century composers forte Jazz, blues, folk, rock-n-roll, country are all types ofmusic that are considered part of this musical era 12. 20TH CENTURY/MODERN: NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Scott Joplin Arnold Schoenbery Igor Stravinsky Serge Prokofiev Duke Ellington George GershwinDancing from The Rite of SpringFun fact about this time period: Igor Stravinsky premiereda piece called The Rite of Spring and the dancing andthe notes were so unusual that it caused a RIOT from theaudience! 13. Now that we have learned about all thedifferent time periods we should now beable to share a few facts we rememberfrom each time period! Lets turn andtalk to your partner and share what youremember from each of the timeperiods!