Mediaval Musicbetween 500 - 1400 c
divided into: early, high and late Polyphony first began here! Classical Erabetween 1730 - 1820 c
lighter, clearer texture Classical music is named after this era ! |
Renaissance Erabetween 1400 - 1600 c
richer texture, harmony motets, magrigals etc. Romantic Erabetween 1780 - 1910 c
Romanticism, nature, nationalism The most famous era ! |
Baroque Erabetween 1600 - 1760 c
complex music, lots of music genres : opera, concerto, sonata etc. 20th CenturyModern : 1890 - 1975 c
Postmodern: 1975 - present atonality, 12-tone-technique, minimalism, serialism |
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''There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original. ''
Joseph Haydn