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Period: 500 to 1400
Middle Ages
Characteristics:
- Sung by all male or all female voices (monks/nuns)
- All sacred text (usually Latin)
- Slow tempo and soft dynamic
- Single melody (or drone accompaniment) -
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Pope Gregory I
In 590, Gregory became Pope of the Catholic Church. He is generally credited for the composing in and preserving a particular style of liturgical music we call "Gregorian Chant" -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance
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Baroque
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750) Bach is well known as the most prolific and most popular Baroque composer of the era. With over 1,120 works, and 13 children, his death is often used to mark the end of the Baroque period. -
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Classical
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Romantic
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Impressionist
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Modern
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Contemporary
