Musical Styles Flashcards
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Renaissance
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1400-1600 Music based on modes, four or more parts, blending, harmonic chordal progression Sacred-mass, motet, madrigals spiritual Secular-lied Purely instrumental No scores
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Medieval
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Middle Ages 1100-1400
Sacred and secular
Gregorian chant
Polyphony
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Baroque
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1600-1750 Canon Tonality, elaborate ornamentation Opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto sonata Mostly Europe
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Classical
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1730-1820 Less complex, homophonic Variety within a piece Clear cadences Woodwind self instrument Piano instead of harpsichord Sonata, trio, quartet, symphony Sonata form
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Romantic
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1815-1910
Nature
Mystic and supernatural