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National 5 Music

National 5 Music. Musical Periods: a summary. Musical Periods. In this course, we study music written from around 1600 up to the present day. This covers four main periods of music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern (also known as 20 th Century).

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National 5 Music

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  1. National 5 Music Musical Periods: a summary

  2. Musical Periods • In this course, we study music written from around 1600 up to the present day. • This covers four main periods of music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern (also known as 20th Century). • You will learn how to tell which period a piece of music comes from by listening to it.

  3. Baroque Vivaldi: “Domini Fili” from Gloria. • 1600-1750 • Baroque music, art and architecture had a strong emphasis on ornamentation and decoration. • Harpsichord: a keyboard instrument which preceded the piano. Strings were plucked rather than struck with hammers. • Composers include Bach, Handel, Monteverdi, Vivaldi and Purcell. • Small orchestra – mostly strings and some woodwind. No percussion. Brass instruments existed: horns without valves. • Lots of vocal music.

  4. Classical Mozart: EineKleineNachtmusik • Although the term “classical” is often used to describe all music that is not recent, “Classical” refers specifically to the period around 1750-1810. • Composers included Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. • Lots of new instruments: piano, clarinet, more brass, timpani. • Harpsichord no longer used. • Melodies created from scales and broken chords.

  5. Romantic Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique • 1810-1910 • Romanticism occurred in art, literature, music and theatre. • Classical styles continued into the Romantic period but the composers began to break some of the rules and become more free in their writing, exploring new harmonies, rhythms and styles. • Music is very expressive and can evoke lots of emotions. • Rubato– pushing and pulling the tempo to add expression. • New instruments were at the high and low ends of pitch range – piccolo, contrabassoon, tuba etc. This wider range of notes allowed more moods to be explored. The piano’s range also increased to the current size.

  6. Modern Debussy: Cathedral Englouti Penderecki: Threnody to the victims of Hiroshima • Modern music is also called 20th Century music, even though it continues to be written today! • Composers in the 20th Century pushed the boundaries of what was musically acceptable. • Music became much stranger sounding; new ways of writing and performing were introduced. • Music could be atonal – in no key.

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