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Period: 400 to 600
Antique music
Music of classical Antiquity develops. No scores. -
Period: 600 to 700
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant starts to be compiled. Modal scales start to be used. Compiled Roman Catholic music. It was named after the pope Gregory the Great. -
Period: 700 to 800
Andalucía
Andalusian music appearance. -
Period: 800 to 900
Music tipes birth
Birth of secular music and polyphony. -
Period: 900 to 1000
Guido d´Arezzo
Guido d´Arezzo´s birth (fourline stave inventor in 992) -
Period: 1000 to 1100
Notation
Neumatic notation invention. Birth of the composer Hildegar von Bingen. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard Bon Bigen
Hildegard von Bigen German nun, writer, scientist and composer. Mystic visions with music. 78 liturgical songs. -
Period: 1100 to 1200
Rhythmic modes
Start of Ars of Antiqua. Rhythmic modes start to be used. -
Period: 1200 to 1300
Cantigas
Mensural notation appears. Cantigas de Santa María are compiled with Cantigas de Amigo in songbooks. -
Period: 1300 to 1500
Llibre Bermell
Start of Ars Nova. Llibre Vermell de Montserat is written. -
Period: 1400 to 1449
Renaissance
New textures (imitative counterpoint, homorythmic homophony and melody-dominated homophony). Melody and harmony. Use of chords. -
Period: 1400 to 1499
Renaissance dances
Teachers. Pavane, galliard, branle and sarabande. -
Period: 1400 to 1499
Renaissance music
Religious vocal music like motet (more important though already existent), mass and chorale, while in the other hand we have romances, villancicos and ensaladas for Spain´s secular vocal music. -
1450
Birth of Josquin des Prés
Franco - flemish composer. https://youtu.be/3GBwbt6hK6c -
1468
Juan del Encina
Spanish musician.https://youtu.be/UlnCoTBEUb0 -
1475
Cancionero de Palacio
Starts to be compiled.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4EBF2B001AA3A311 -
1481
Mateo Flecha el Viejo
Spanish composer of ensaladashttps://youtu.be/b-GtImUs-Yk -
Period: 1483 to 1546
Martin Luther
German theologian. Started the protestant reformation. Composer and flautist. Inclussion of prisioners in singing. -
1500
Cristóbal de Morale and Luis de Millán
They were born in Spain -
1501
Ottaviano Petrucci
Publisher of the first printed book of music -
Period: 1532 to 1544
Orlando di Laso and Madalena Casulana
Born in Italy -
Period: 1538 to 1548
Antonio de Cabezón and Tomás Luis de Victoria
Born in Spain -
1556
Cancionero de Upsala
Published in Venice -
1567
Claudio Monteverdi
Born in Italy -
Francisco Correa de Arauxo
Born in Spain -
Period: to
Francesca Caccini
Was born in Florence in a family of musicians who performen toghether as Conccerto Caccini. She was a good singer and played the harp, harpsicord and lute. First woman to compose opera. Interested in sciences. -
Orchésographie
Publicated by Thoinot Arbeau -
John Dowland
Composer and luthenist. Publishes his First Booke of Songs or Ayres -
Jacopo Peri
Coposes Euridice (first opera) -
Period: to
Barroque period
From the invention of opera to the death of JS Bach (Barroque Period) instruments and musical forms were invented. Basso continuo was a very frequent base. Orchestras appeared.- Instruments: viola, violín, cello, double bass, barroque guitar, oboe, flute, basson, trumpet and kettle drums.
- Musical forms : Instrumental forms (fugue, suite, sonata and concerto) and vocal ones (Opera with libretto, opera seria and opera buffa and also religious vocal music with polychoralism).
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Period: to
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer and priest of Venice. Violin proffesor. Author of The Four Seasons. https://youtu.be/GRxofEmo3HA -
J.S. Bach´s birth
Was a german artist. -
Period: to
Classical period
Important compositors: Franz Joseph Haydin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig Van Bethoven.
Instruments used: Clarinet(woodwind)https://youtu.be/5A8jZJaYhaU, French Horn(brass)https://youtu.be/_BK-akcT0mQ and piano(struck string).
Instrumental forms: sonata, trio, quartet, quintet,symphony and concerto.
Vocal music: opera (seria, in which Christoph Willibald Gluck stood out, and buffa, for example Magic Flute was composed) and religious vocal music). -
Period: to
Musical nationalism
Patriotic music:
- Russia composers: Alexander Borodin, César Cui and Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov(https://youtu.be/KOEX-8GhicU).
- Spain: Felipe Pedrell (https://youtu.be/V59WWAxzTYU)
- Hungry: Belá Bartók (https://youtu.be/C68SkzGb6Ww) -
Period: to
Romantic period´s introduction to music and instrumental music
it aimed to free from the classical rules and express emotions. Aimed from virtuosity and unity of the piece. Used wider vocabulary. Small compositions in melody-dominated homophony appeared.(https://youtu.be/bSR4vkskCyk)
Compositions for piano were: short pieces for piano solo (https://i.pinimg.com/236x/8a/39/73/8a3973196746cac4dd4c9007ad3bffb4.jpg?b=t), chamber music and longer works.(https://youtu.be/HtJFr4u23q4)
Also the symphonic orchestra appeared (https://youtu.be/FGzVtcHg6IQ) -
Period: to
Romantic´s period vocal music and dances
The main forms of the vocal music were:
- Opera (burgeosie´s favourite): Gaetano Donizetti and Vicenzo Bellini´s 'bel canto' in Italy
(https://youtu.be/sTplvRUyyPM),Meyerbeer´s grand opera in France(https://youtu.be/GTs5OpfaQLE) and Carl Maria von Weber´s fantastic and mitological compositions.
-Zarzuela(https://youtu.be/0Q9SeKrDUmA)
-Lied(https://youtu.be/Qq2nmlV5VRw)
Main dances:ballet(https://youtu.be/EJcdyZ2nGas) and ballroom like the waltz(https://youtu.be/UR38pn4ueQE) -
Period: to
20th century
- Music broke from previous concepts of tone, timbre and rhythm
- Pursued novelty, experimentation and originality
- different ways of representing music -Computer and instrumental resources https://youtu.be/HVqMcOB_vnE
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Period: to
First half 20th century
IMPRESSIONISM
https://youtu.be/lof6AHvXCPw
EXPRESSIONISM
https://youtu.be/3J4DZ3_MwBQ
ATONALITY AND TWELVE TONE TECHNIQUE
https://images.app.goo.gl/sbopXh91QUpqGQyd7
NEOCLASSICISM
https://youtu.be/nPbxIT9W1AY -
Period: to
DANCES FROM 20TH CENTURY
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Period: to
SPANISH 20TH´S CENTURY
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Period: to
Second half of the 20th century
ALEATORIC MUSIC
https://youtu.be/JTEFKFiXSx4
MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE
https://youtu.be/CTf0yE15zzI
ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROACUSTIC MUSIC
https://youtu.be/oQs8Zz-Jj50
MINIMAL MUSIC
https://youtu.be/k3VUeNyGcrQ
