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Clockwise, from top left: Joseph Haydn (Hardy, 1791); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (della Croce, 1781); Ludwig van Beethoven (Stieler, 1820); and Franz Schubert (Rieder, 1875). The music of the Classical period is characterized by homophonic texture, or an obvious melody with accompaniment.
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- The Origin of Music
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Origin of music.The human voice is the first instrument and form of music as prehistoric men and women imitated the sounds of nature. The first physical instrument dates back to more than 35,000 ye...Origin of Musical Notation.The earliest form of musical notation dates back to Babylonia (1400 BCE). The Ancient Greeks had their own system from at least the 6th century BCE. Fast forward to Guido...European and Asian Ancient Music.The first-ever written piece of music dates back to 3400 years ago which was a cuneiform “alphabet”. By studying ancient cultures, researchers found drawings of mus...The Middle Ages.During this time came music in the form of chants, or the famous Gregorian Chant by Pope Gregory the Great around 540-604 AD. Instruments used during this period were flutes, harps,...By looking at the behavior of some existing tribal populations, we can conclude that even in the simplest forms of society music plays a prominent role. This was probably true for our ancestors too. Prehistoric men and women probably started making music as a way to imitate the sounds of nature, either for religious or recreational reasons. The fir...
The origin of musical notation dates back to around 1400 BCE as the earliest form ever recorded was in a cuneiform tablet from Babylonia. Even then, the music was written in a diatonic scale and underwent some sort of development in the upcoming 150 years. The Ancient Greeks also had a form of musical notation that dates back to at least the 6th ce...
With the development of a writing system, it became possible to compose music as we do today. The first-ever written piece of music, presented in a cuneiform “alphabet”, was found in Syria and it probably dates back to 3400 years ago. Researchers were able to find out more about ancient music by studying the drawings on walls, vases, and other obje...
There is a rich corpus of research about medieval and Renaissance music. The interest in this topic is still so vivid that lots of contemporary ensembles and choirs devote their existence to a repertoire of this kind. During the Middle Ages, approximately 540-604 AD, the Gregorian Chantcame into play, invented by Pope Gregory the Great. Medieval mu...
During the Renaissance period, composers laid the foundation for what Baroque music would later become. The development of counterpoint and the use of chromatism, in particular, would later inspire Baroque artists such as Bach and Vivaldi. During the Baroque period, in particular, composers started creating music for richer ensembles, that would la...
From the XVIII to the early XX century, many different composers, from Mozart to Beethoven, from Haydn to Schubert, experimented with different forms, melodic ideas, innovative harmonic solutions, and instruments. This Classical era involved the development of a brand new singing form that mixed music and theater, still known today as Opera. Sympho...
Outside Europe, in the Afro-American communities, a brand new approach to music, inspired partly by the African traditions and partly by the Christian religion, took over and shook the norms. Jazz and blues set an important foundation for all the other contemporary genres, just as European classical music had done before. Based on improvisation and...
Throughout the Fifties, a revolution happened: rock’n’roll appeared and blasted the music scene. Originating directly from the blues form, rock’n’roll became a great trend and influenced many different aspects of culture and society. It also became a strong foundation for countless other genres and sub-genres, extending to the realm of pop music. G...
The development of new technologies and computers allowed artists to approach music in a whole different manner. They no longer had to play an instrument to compose a tune, they could just use a piece of software or an electronic device to deliver. In today’s mainstream music, electronic tools and resources are very present, although the song struc...
Oct 19, 2024 · Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Learn about the history of music and about theories of musical meaning since the 19th century.
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- Medieval Period. As we move forward in musical time, we begin to enter the Medieval Period of music which can be generally agreed to span the period from around 500AD up until the mid-fifteenth century.
- Renaissance Period. Instruments developed in accordance with the composer’s imaginations. A full gamut of wind, brass and percussion instruments accompanied the Medieval music, although it is still the human voice that dominates many of the compositions.
- Baroque Period. The Baroque Period (1600-1760), houses some of the most famous composers and pieces that we have in Western Classical Music. It also sees some of the most important musical and instrumental developments.
- Classical Period. From the Baroque, we step into the Classical Period (1730-1820). Here Haydn and Mozart dominate the musical landscape and Germany and Austria sit at the creative heart of the period.
Aug 21, 2023 · Music history is traditionally divided into six main periods: Medieval (500-1400), Renaissance (1400-1600), Baroque (1600-1750), Classical (1750-1820), Romantic (1820-1900), and Modern/Contemporary (1900-present).
Mar 23, 2024 · We take a brief look at the history and meaning of music through the ages. Mar 23, 2024 • By Scott Mclaughlan, PhD Sociology. On the one hand, music is the art of arranging sounds into combinations of pitch and rhythm. In more technical terms music comprises a series of organized pitches experienced over time.
Feb 14, 2018 · Abstract. Music is a fascinating topic for evolutionary theory, natural philosophy, and narrative construction: music is a highly valued feature of all known living cultures, pervading many aspects of daily life, playing many roles. And music is ancient.
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