Classical
Music Timeline (1730-1820)
is characterized by simpler melodies such as the sonatas.
The primary instrument is Piano
Style Galant
a simple yet more direct style of music.
Middle class also appreciate
less complicated and easy to understand
Sentimental Style
This style was adapted by composers
reflected feelings and situations
experienced in daily life
New music styles of Classical period
It had simpler harmony and clearer tonality
Piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori created
around 1709 in Florence.
Changes in his early invention
became the basic of the modern
piano.
very popular in the mid-18th
century
Romantic
Music Timeline (1815-1910)
is characterized by using music to tell a story or express an
idea
the use of various instruments including wind instruments
Beethoven and Romanticism
Wrote choral, chamber music
and opera.
studied under Haydn,
was also influenced by the works
of Mozart
began to lose his hearing at age 28,
losing it completely by age 50.
One of his most popular works is the Ninth Symphony
He influenced a new crop of young composers guided by the
ideals of Romanticism.
What is Romanticism?
a concept that included different
mediums; from music to art painting
literature. to
During the 19th century, Vienna and
Paris were the centers of musical activity
What is Romanticism?
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by
Caspar David Friedrich
is an example of Romantic
painting.
believed in allowing their imagination and passion
different from the Classical belief of logical order and clarity
The Flute
The Saxophone
The Tuba
20 Century
th
Music Timeline (1900-2000)
brought about many innovations on how music was
performed and appreciated
used technology to enhance compositions
20th Century Music
is defined by the sudden emergence
of advanced technology
no longer limited to concerts, opera-houses,
clubs, and domestic music-making
Rock and roll
often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll
evolved in the United States during the late
1940s and early 1950s
combination of African American blues,
country, jazz and gospel music.
Either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument
generally replaced by guitar in the middle to late 1950s
now more commonly called simply "rock music" or "rock".
Hip Hop Music
also called rap music
consisting of a stylized rhythmic music
commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic
and rhyming speech that is chanted
four key stylistic elements:
rapping, scratching, breaking and graffiti writing
Music has changed the world ?
When some people get sad, they often
start listening to music, which then calms
them down
If it wasn't for music, then this world
would've been insane