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476
Start of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages started because this was the end of theWestern Roman Empire -
504
The Pope Gregory the great borns
He was the first compiler to the of the repertorie Gregorian chant -
600
The Roman Catholic Church compiled its liturgical plainsongs
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Period: 600 to 899
Roman Catholic Churchcompiled its liturgical plainsongs
The main caracteristics were:
-Monophonic texture.
-Uses modal scales
-Free time -
604
Death of Pope Gregory the Great
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800
Secular monophony appeared
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Period: 801 to 900
Poliphony was born
A second voice was added to plainsong -
Period: 901 to 1000
Secular monophony appeared
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1100
Carmina Burana
It was a type of goliards compositions
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Period: 1200 to
Romanesque period and Gothic period
Spiritually is more important to the arts than the beauty -
Period: 1201 to 1300
Mensural notation strarted to be used
This included the first symbols related to metre and assigned different note values depending on the duration of the note -
Start of the Baroque Pêriod
It started with the creation of opera -
Period: to
Basso continuo
An instrument of a higher register performed the melody, accompanied by a base called baso continuo.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=basso+contiinuo&&view=detail&mid=812D37C7D0D8B711CD90812D37C7D0D8B711CD90&&FORM=VRDGAR -
Born of Johan Sebastian Bach
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Period: to
Classical Period
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Start of the new orchestra
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Born of Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
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Publication of Orfeo and Auricede
Opera seria composed by Christoph Willibaldi Gluck -
Born of Ludwig van Beethoven
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French Revolution and First Industrial Revolution
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Public of the magic flute
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Death of Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
This made that he couldn't finish his requiem -
Born of Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
He was called the spanish Mozart -
Publication of the Für Elisa
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Born of Offenbach
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Period: to
Romantic Period
It's related to the artistical and philosophical movement with the same name, and it was promoted by the bourgeosie -
Opera in Italy
Gioachino Rossini made the transition between Classical and Romantic opera. -
Death of Ludwig van Beethoven
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La Sylphide
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Offenbach can-can
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Impressionism
Attempted to capture reality in a subjective way.
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The Five composed
Aleksandr Borodín
Mili Balákirev
Modest Músorgski
Nikolái Rimski-Kórsakov
César Cui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv_XmLAyg34 -
Pablo Sarasate Gavota de Mignon
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Death of Offenbach
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Public of Schubert's composition
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The nutcracker
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Neoclassicism
It wanted a return to classical aesthetics, but with harmonic dissonances and an irregular rythm.
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Period: to
The 20th century
Dramatic social, scientific and technological advances took place during this century -
Atonality
Use of non-tonal music that was full of disonances that created a constant tension.
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Ballets Russes
Sergei Diaghilev created this company which had the most influence on the visual and musical renewal of the gendre. -
Expressionism
The main theme was people and their inner life, from a pessimistic point of view.
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The theremin
León Theremin, a Russian inventor introduced this monophonic instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6KbEnGnymk -
Generación del 27
Joaquín Rodrigo, Federico Mompou.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2IOd9anEZs -
Ondes Martenot
The French inventor Maurice Martenot published this monophonic instrument.
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Aleatoric music
It was a reaction to the rigid rules of the 12-tone technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4 -
Generación del 51
Luis de Pablo and Cristóbal Halffter.
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The synthesiser
This polyphonic instrument became popular. It created electronically generated sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mNaqGldBBg -
Minimal music
Wanted to create simple, direct music with minimal resources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4 -
Electronic music
In a recording studio by a sinthesiser.
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Sampler
This polyphonic instrument was developed It's similar to the synthesiser, but instead of generating sounds it records them and play them back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFKF220_bw
