1.Periodization in classical music

2. Medieval (??? 1400) Renaissance (1400-1600) Baroque (1600-1750) Classical (1750-1830) Romantic (1830-1920) Modern (1920-??) 3. Innovation Shifts in Cultural Attitudes Technology Boredom 4. Middle Ages or Dark Ages Domination of Church and Court Societal divisions Wealth or poverty Well-schooled or not at all 5. Sacred music Courtly love songs Dance piecesKey Characteristics: Monophonic, Dominated by Church and Court 6. Ancient Greek & Roman ideals Humanism Learning, Literacy, Exploration 7. Rich harmony Close relationship with text Mostly a capella, but Also dance piecesKey Characteristics: a Capella harmony, text-driven 8. Josquin des Prez(1440-1521) 9. Handel & Bach 10. Light & Shade Perspective Active rather than static Contrast 11. Absolute Monarchs(Louis XIV) Elaborate palaces,clothing, habits, andmusic 12. Dramatic shifts in dynamics, other elements Highly active texture Frilly, fussy melodies 13. Haydn & Mozart 14. Kants Moral Law Within Equal Rights Social Reform Democracy Interest in common good 15. Music for General Public Public Concerts Simple, immediately pleasing, balanced Generalized emotion, not individual 16. Romanticism (1830-1920)Berlioz, Liszt, Brahms 17. Individual Truth Nature and the Supernatural Longing for the unattainable 18. Pushed boundaries Freelance composing Artist as hero, Artist as outsider 19. Reconsideration of established forms Musical storytelling Fragments & Monoliths Expanded harmonies, unbalanced melodies,rhythmic freedom, internal logic 20. 20th Century Extreme fragmentation of styles Reconsideration of inherited tradition Influence of popular music 21. Impressionism Expressionism Abstraction / Experimentation 22. Minimalism Polystylism