IRENE, ASTRID, IRATXE, MAITANE

Greeks loved music.

Way of honoring the gods ,
making the world more human, civilized
placed.
Music was omnipresent.
Almost universally present in society ,
from marriages and funerals to religious
ceremonies , dramas , folk music and
epic poetry.

They heard music that was primarily
monophonic ; music built on
single melodies based on a system of
modes/scales.
INSTRUMENTS
- Pipes ,lyres , drums ,cymbals and kithara.

1. THE DARK AGES
Represents almost a thousand years of
the music history in Europe .
Much of the music of this time has been lost.
This period is also called Dark Ages and
Middle Ages.
It was dark time because of ignorance,
sickness and death.
Composers of this time are anonymous


2. FROM PLAINCHANT TO HARMONY
Plainchant: The earliest music of the Middle
ages was slowly and without rhythm of
harmony. Everybody sang the same , which is
singing in unison.
That simples tunes were called plainchant.
These tunes are also called Gregorian Chan,
which are named after Pope Gregory I.

INSTRUMENTS
- Lyres , khitara , panpies , aulos.


The history of the Middle Ages in Europe,
it is the third time, between Antiquity and
the Early Modern Era. The Middle Age is
approximately V century to XV century .


The most important music styles were the
Gregorian chant (800-900) the
polyphony (900-1000) ande the songs of
the troubadours (1000-1300).
Instruments
Stinged Instuments: Arpa, psaltery,
rebec, hurdy gurdy.
Woodwind Instruments: Flute, aafila.
Percussion Instruments: Drum ,cynbals




The most important composers
were :
Guido DArezzo (990-1050)
Leonino (1159-1201)
F.Landini (1325-1397)
Vocal music was more important than
instrumental music
Composers wrote to improve the
meaning of the text.
Leonardo da Vinci.

They use polyphonic work
This was the golden age of the a capella
style.
Religious music was still very important.
The most popular type of music was the
Gregoriant chant

The most popular instrument was the lute.


During this period, that families of
instruments started to develop.

The most important composers were:
W. Byrd (1543-1623) was an English
composer and organist.
P.L. Palestrina (1525-1594) was an Italian
composer. There is a legend because he
saved polyphonic music.
C. Monteverdi (1567-1643) was an Italian
composer.

PALESTRINA
The history of the barroque music started in
(1550 -1750) . People who supported
musicians were called patrons.
Music Styles
The most important music styles were :
Opera and Oratorio.
Opera: is a singing play , like a musical.
Oratorio: was like opera , but without
scenery


The most importan instrumets were : Organ,
harpsichord , violin and the piano .
Composers
The most important composers were:
C.Monteverdi (1567-1643)
J.S.Bach(1685-1750)
G.H.Handel(1685-1759)
A.Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Composers used pauses and frequent
changes in length of the notes.
The texture is mainly homophonic
The melodies have an easy tune to
remember
Music in these period was very structured
and emotions were controlled and it was
very simple
The side of the orchestra was small (40
musicians).
The classical period ended when
Beethoven died in 1827.


The economy rose and people started to
make more money.
They wanted luxuries such as music, so
they went to concerts.
Many people werent satisfied with
always going to concerts to listen music
and the wanted music in their homes
too.
They also wanted their children to take
music lessons.

The oldest instrument was harpsichord.
The first instruments to enter were the
cellos and the string basses and the last
instrument to enter was the flute.

Famous composers during this time
included:

Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

He was born in Germany in 1770 and
died in 1827 at the age of 56.
His father and grandfather were
professional musicians.
His first concert was when he was seven
years old.

Beethoven travelled to Viena, Austria
and got a play for the great Mozart who
was very impressed with the young
teens talent. There he started to take
piano lessons and becoming a popular
and successful composer.
With only four notes, Beethoven created
his most famous work, Symphony No. 5.

Symphony No. 6 was inspired by the beauty
he saw in nature. Another name for these
symphony is Pastorale Symphony, because
Pastorale means a simple country life.
Symphony No. 9 was written by Beethoven
when he was completely deaf, by the age
of 50.
The most amazing is that he wrote some of
the worlds greatest music even though he
couldnt hear a note of it.

He was born in Salzburgo in 1756 and died
in Viena in 1791 at the age of 35.
At the age of six, Mozart was already an
advanced performer of keyboard
instruments and a violinist. At age 8, he
composed his first symphony.
Mozart studied with the best teachers of that
time, Johann Christian Bach.
His best known works are the operas "Don
Juan", "The Magic Flute" and "The Marriage
of Figaro," a famous "Requiem", "Te Deum"

The romantic period was a time in there
where a lot of emotions.
Composers wrote music to follow a
story,poem,idea,scene.
The instruments represented the
emotios,characters and events of story.
They began using the chromatic
harmony.
Composers experimented with new
instruments.
The Piccolo and contrabassoon.
Tchaikovsky(1840-1893)

Felix Mendelson(1809-1847

Frederick Chopin(1810-1849)

Tchaikovsky was an
errusian composer
whose works
included
symphonies.He was
the first rusian
composer whose
music made a
lasting impression.
Music has become an even greater part
of society,becouse of recordings.
Women became more active in the
music world as composers.
MUSIC: Movements are very different at
the same time or one after the other.
Art,form and style disorder.

VOICE: Instrument is considered to be
the voice within the group and not stand
out above the other.

The use of traditional instruments in non-
conventional.
Unpleasant and sound noise are used.
Wealth and high contrast.
G Puccini(1867-1924)
R Strauss (1864-1949)
G Gershwin (1889-1937)
C Ives (1874-1954)