Classical music Flashcards
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What words would you use to describe the Medieval period?
Symbolic and spiritual
Identify two composers of the
Medieval period.
Leonin
Perotin
What are big innovations of the Medieval period?
Polyphony (many voices)
Musical Notation
What are some genres of the Medieval period?
Gregorian chant: written text sung in a church religious setting Pope Gregory 1
Courtly love songs
Name one non-musical event that came with the Medieval Period
No se we
What words would you use to describe the Renaissance period of music?
Humanism and Personal
Identify two composers of the Renaissance Period.
Jasquin Dez Prez
Johannes Ockghem
What are the big musical innovations of the Renaissance period
Larger inclusion of instruments still background sound though
What are the genres of the Renaissance period?
Franco flemish style: Jasquin Desprez
Name one non-musical event from the renaissance period
The invention of the printing press in the 1450’s
What are two words you would use to describe the Baroque period?
Love of contrast and Doctrine of affections
Identify two composers of the period
Handel
J.S Bach
What are the big musical innovations of the Baroque period?
Instruments and instrumentals
Opera
What are two Genres of the Baroque period?
Opera: starts the monetization of music, Handel best opera composer (recitative talking, Aria focused on singing one emotion)
Cantata: church based, composed of arias 5-6 movements, Bach
Name a non-musical event from the Baroque period
The first English colony was put in place in the Americas
