Humanities Music Test 2

Order of the Musical Ages: Oldest to Newest

Greek

Roman

Middle ages

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th century modern

1 Period

Greek

2 Period

Roman

3 Period

Medieval

4 Period

Renaissance

5 Period

Baroque

6 Period

Classical

7 Period

Romantic

8 Period

20th century modern

Sacred music

Music written for the church

Secular music

Music written for non-religious reasons. Royalty or the public

Leonin

1163-1190

polyphonic organum

Medieval music

polyphonic organum

a medieval musical style that involves two or more voices singing different melodies simultaneously over a pre-existing Gregorian chant

Perotin

1200

Medieval music

Polyphonic

3 and 4 part harmonies

Characteristics of Baroque Period music

elaborate, ornate, complex polyphony (multiple interwoven melodies), harpsichord

Composers of the Baroque period

Baque, Handel, and Vivaldi

What differentiates Classical and Baroque music

Harpsichord in baroque music

Characteristics of Classical music

Changes in dynamics, memorable melody, structured, piano

Composers of the Classical period

Handel, Mozart, Beethoven

Characteristics of music from the Romantic period

Emotional, orchestras are huge, tone colors, dissonance, doesn't have to come back to a melody or key

Lieder

solo art song, usually piano

Tone poem

tells a story through music

Composers of the Romantic period

Liszt, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner

Characteristics of non-traditional Romantic period music

Complex rhythms, introduction of dissonance, rejection of tonality

Why Ives, Bernstein and Gershwin were different American composers

Took music of the time and put it in a classical style. (Jazz, folk, hymns, blues, broadway)

Composers who broke away from the Romantic sounds

Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky

Serialism

controlled

Minimalism

keep it simple, same thing repeats over and over

Aleatoric

random

3 types of Pluralism in the late 20th Century

African American

Asian

Native American

3 types of shows musical theater came from

Burlesque, vaudeville, minstrel

Why musical theater became a respectable art form

Dealt with social problems

Talks about culture

The impact of recording studios on today's music

Layering: One artist can make their whole song (voice+instruments)

Microphones

Several takes

Write down chords instead of notes