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Eras of Music

Medieval 600-1450

Renaissance 1450-1600

Baroque 1600-1750

Rococo 1725-1775

Classical 1759-1825

Romantic 1825-1900

20th Century 1900-2000

religion a cappella

harpsichord Bach died

charm + delight

Symphony

emotion

push Limits

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Medieval600-1450

Voice

Religious

Monophonic

The rise of Polyphony

Plainchant

Motet

Troubadours and Trouvères

A Cappella

one line of music

intonation of prayers

more than one line

2-3 part music with plain chant as structure

went from town to town entertaining nobles

Renaissance1450-1600

Voice

Polyphony

Rise of Secular Music

Humanism

End of Feudal system

Rise of named composers!Jasquin DesprezClaudio MonteverdiGuillaume Du Fay

Baroque1600-1750Fancy

Busy

Harpsichord

The rise of Harmony

Johann Sebastian BachAntonio VivaldiGeorge Frideric Handel

Rococo1725-1775

Reaction to Baroque

Charm and Delight

Homophonic texture

Francious CouperinJean-Philippe RameauCarl Phillip Emanual Bach

Classical1759-1825

Refined, Elegant

Strings

Simple, Singable

Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLudwig Beethoven

Romantic 1825-1900Chromatic

More instruments Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion

Piano

Ludwig Van BeethovenFrédéric ChopinFranz LisztModest MussorgskyJohannes Brahms

20th Century1900-2000

Push limits

Academic

Atonal

US and France

John CageClaude DebussyIgor StravinskyArnold SchoenbergSteve Reich

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