Musical time periods

Musical Time Periods
Designed for 7th grade general music class by
John L. Madas

Just Imagine…

The 7 Music Time Periods
Antiquity – c. 400-800
Medieval – 800-1400
Renaissance – 1400-1600
Baroque – 1600-1750
Classical – 1750-1820
Romantic – 1820-1900
Contemporary – 1900-Present

Antiquity
c. 450-800
No known composers
Gregorian chant

Medieval
800-1400
Composers: Guillaume de Machaut and John Dunstable
Sacred Music/Secular Music

Renaissance
1400-1600
Renaissance - Rebirth
Composers: Claudio Monteverdi, William Byrd, Thomas Morley, and Giovanni Palestrina.
Renaissance Fairs

Baroque
1600-1750
Basso Continuo and Ornamentation
Composers: J.S. Bach, George Fredrick Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi
Newton’s law of gravity

Classical
1750-1820
Known as the Age of Enlightenment
Composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven
Famous American War?, Printing Press

Romantic
1820-1900
Personal Feeling/Emotion
Composers: Claude Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, and Richard Wagner.
Civil War (1861-1864)

Contemporary
1900-Present
Scientific Age
Composers: Arnold Schoenberg, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Charles Ives
Cars, Airplanes, Computers, Medical Advancements, etc.

Acrostic
All
Men
Read
Books
Containing
Radical
Characters

Timeline
Click here to access the Musical Time Period’s time line!

How about those numbers?
Starting Year – ONLY ONE!!
450
800
1400
1600
1750
1820
1900

Sequence
Long/Short Time Differences
Antiquity 450-800: 350 Years!
Medieval 800-1400: 400 Years!
Baroque 1600-1750: 150 Years
Classical 1750-1820 70 Years
Romantic 1820-1900 80 Years
Contemporary 1900-Present
110 Years

Quiz Time
Can you name all the periods? Don’t forget to use your memory devices.
Antiquity
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Contemporary

Quiz Time
What is the first musical Time Period?
Antiquity
What is the last musical Time Period?
Contemporary

Quiz Time
Can you list the STARTING dates for the time periods?
450
800
1400
1600
1750
1820
1900

Next class, we will be listening to music examples from each time period and you will be commenting on how the music sounds.

Credits
Reading Student Picture: http://www.clipartpal.com/clipart_pd/education/readingbook_11108.html
Antiquity Picture: http://www.luc.edu/faculty/pgraha1/womeninantiquity/wiasyllabus.htm
Medieval Picture: http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~medieval.html
Renaissance Picture: http://karenswhimsy.com/renaissance-clothing.shtm
Baroque Picture: http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Antonio_Vivaldi_baroque-composer-artist.html?q=magnum

Credits
Classical Picture: http://woodside.blogs.com/cosmologycuriosity/2008/01/off-topic-free.html
Contemporary Picture: http://www.gkb.k12.in.us/17062098194154320/cwp/browse.asp?a=3&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=54496&17062098194154320Nav=|&NodeID=69
Opening Slide: http://blogs.voices.com/buzz/2008/07/
Civil War Picture: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1864/june/civil-war-battle.htm

Credits
All information taken from www.essentialsofmusic.com
Timeline created on www.xtimeline.com

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