the Periods i
the Periods ii (music characteristics)
Terms i
Terms ii
the Composes
(which Periods?)
100
a.k.a. the age of Enlightenment
What is Classical?
100
a chief characteristic of the Period was tuneful melody
What is Classical?
100
beats catigorized into strong & weak
What is meter?
100
volume illustrated by the fortepiano -- fs & ps -- loud & soft
What is dynamics?
100
Schoenberg, Cage, Glass, Copland
What is 20th Century & Beyond
200
a.k.a. the Dark Ages
What is the Middle Ages?
200
narrow range of pitches; no discernable meter or rhythm
What is Middle Ages?
200
beats subdivided into long & short
What is rhythm?
200
absence of tonality; absence of key signature
What is atonality?
200
Hildegard of Bingen, Francesco Landini, Guillaume de Machaut
What is Middle Ages?
300
Dates for the Baroque period
What is 1600 - 1750?
300
madrigals & word painting
What is Renaissance?
300
any series of tones depicting high & low
What is melody?
300
musical style stressing tone colors, atmosphere & fluidity
What is Impressionism?
300
Wagner, Berlioz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky
What is Romantic?
400
Dates for 20th Century & Beyond
What is 1900 - present?
400
great range of tone colors, dynamics, pitch & pace
What is Romantic?
400
chords used to create tension
What is dissonance?
400
speed of music; fast & slow
What is tempo?
400
Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven
What is Classical?
500
a.k.a. Age of Rebirth
What is Renaissance?
500
polyphony at its zenith
What is Baroque?
500
two or more rhythms occurring at the same time
What is polyrhythm?
500
20th C. musical style that effects intense emotion and harsh dissonance
What is Expressionism?
500
Bach, Vivaldi & Handel
What is Baroque?
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