music review pt 2

medieval

c. 500–1400

medieval texture

monophonic

medieval main music

Gregorian Chant (sacred)

medieval secular

troubadors

medieval key concept

polyphony = multiple melodies

medieval notre dame school

early polyphony

medieval Ars Nova

new art

medieval Machaut

major composer

medieval emotion

calm, spiritual, timeless

renaissance time

c. 1400-1600

renaissance texture

polyphonic

renaissance sound

consonant, smooth

renaissance techniques

imitation

renaissance culture

humanism (focus on people) and printing press spreads music

renaissance patronage

financial support

renaissance emotion

balanced, expressive, human-centered

baroque time

c. 1600-1750

baroque key idea

music expresses emotion

baroque styles

monody = solo + accompaniment

baroque opera elements

recitative and aria

baroque recitative

story and speech like

baroque aria

emotion melodic singing

baroque terms

ground bass = repeating patterns

baroque composers

bach, handel, vivaldi

baroque bach

fugues, cantatas

baroque handel

messiah, oratorio

baroque vivaldi

concertos

classical time

c. 1750-1820

classical values

clarity, balance, symmetry

classical texture

homophonic

classical forms

sonata form: exposition, development, recapitulation

classical style

galant and empfindsam

classical galant

light

classical empfindsam

emotional

classical innovations

mannheim: crescendo, rocket, sigh

classical fortepiano

dynamic contrast

classical composers

haydn, mozart, beethoven

classical haydn

symphony

classical mozart

clarity

classical beethoven

bridge to romantic

baroque

emotion

classical

balance

renaissance

consonance

medieval

chant