music humanities

the order of the musical ages

greek —> roman —> middle ages —> renaissance —> baroque —> classical —> romantic —> modern/contemporary

secular vs sacred music

secular is nonreligious

sacred is religious

characteristics of baroque music (3)

1) drastic contrast in volume

2) excessive instruments

composers of the baroque period

Baque, Hadel, and Vivaldi

what differentiates classical and baroque music from one another

harpsichord

characteristics of classical music

1) flexibility of rhythm

2) memorable melody

3) changes in dynamics

4) piano

5) structured

composers of the classical period

1) Hiden

2) Mozart

3) Beethoven

know characteristics of music from the Romantic period

• emotional, dynamic changes, changes in pitch

• orchestras

• dissonance 

• less structured

lieder vs symphonic poems

• Lieder: solo art song, telling a story usually with piano

• Symphonic poems: tells a story through music

composers of the romantic period

List, Shuert, Brahms, Wagner, Shohiem