MUSIC OF
MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
700-1400
IS ALSONKNOWN AS THE
“MIDDLE AGES” OR “DARK
AGES”
DURING THIS TIME, THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
INFLUENCED EUROPE’S
CULTURE AND POLITICAL
AFFAIRS
FAMOUS COMPOSER
•ADAM DELAHALLE
• WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ADAM LE BOSSU
(ADAM THE HUNCHBACK)
• FAMOUS FOR CREATING CHURCH MUSIC
• FAMOUS WORKS INCLUDE LE JUE DE ROBIN
ET DE MARION AND LE CHANSON DU ROI
DE SICILE
7.
MUSIC OF RENAISSANCEPERIOD
• 1400-1600
• CAME FROM THE WORD RENAITRE WHICH MEANS
“REBIRTH”, “REVIVAL”, “REDISCOVER”
• INVENTION OF PRINTING IN THE 1400’S
• LUTE WAS THE PROMINENT INSTRUMENT OF THE ERA
CHARACTERISTIC OF RENAISSANCEMUSIC
MOSTLY
POLYPHONIC
IMITATION AMONG
THE VOICES
MELODIES ARE
EASIER TO
PERFORM
USE OF WORD
PAINTING IN TEXTS
AND MUSIC
10.
VOCAL MUSIC
1. MASS
FORM OF SACRED MUSICAL COMPOSITION
USUALLY POLYPHONIC
MAY BE SUNG IN ACAPELLA OR WITH ACCOMPANIMENT
TEXT MAY BE SYLLABIC OR MELISMATIC
11.
FIVE MAIN SECTIONSOF MASS
KYRIE GLORIA CREDO
SANCTUS
AND
BENEDICTU
S
AGNUS DEI
12.
VOCAL MUSIC
2. MADRIGAL
SECULAR MUSIC ORIGINATED FROM ITALY
WRITTEN IN A POETIC TEXT AND SUNG DURING SOCIAL GATHERINGS
USUALLY POLYPHONIC
SUNG IN ACAPELLA
13.
FAMOUS COMPOSERS
•GIOVAANNI PIERLUIGIDA PALESTRINA
• GREATEST MASTER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH
MUSIC
• MAJORITY OF HIS COMPOSITION ARE
SACRED MUSIC
• FAMOUS WORK: POPE MARCELLUS MASS
14.
FAMOUS COMPOSERS
•THOMAS MORLEY
•SINGER IN THE LOCAL CATHEDRAL, THEN BECAME THE
MASTER OF CHORISTERS
• MOST FAMOUS SECUAR MUSIC COMPOSER IN HIS TIME
• FAMOUS WORKS: FIRE, FIRE, MY HEART, FANTASTIC , IT
WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS , SING AND CHANT IT AND
APRIL IS IN MY MISTRESS’ FACE
15.
MUSIC OF BAROQUEPERIOD
• 1685-1750
• CAME FROM THE WORD
BARROCO WHICH MEANS “PEARL
OF IRREGULAR SHAPE”
• MAJOR AND MINOR TONALITY
WAS CREATED IN THIS PERIOD
16.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BAROQUEMUSIC
MELODIES SOUND
ELABORATE AND
ORNAMENTAL
MELODIES ARE NOT
EASY TO SING
USES DYNAMIC
CONTRAT
MUSICAL GENRES
WERE INVENTED
17.
MUSICAL GENRES OFBAROQUE
MUSIC
1. CONCERTO
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
EMPLOYS SOLO INSTRUMENT ACCOMPANIED BY AN
ORCHESTRA
18.
MUSICAL GENRES OFBAROQUE
MUSIC
2. CONCERTO GROSSO
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
MUSIC IS BETWEEN A SMALL GROUP OF SOLO
INSTRUMENTS (CONCERTINO) AND THE WHOLE
ORCHESTA (TUTTI)
19.
MUSICAL GENRES OFBAROQUE MUSIC
3. FUGUE
CONTRAPUNTAL PIECE
4. ORATORIO
MUSICAL NARRATION
5. CHORALE
HARMONIZED VERSION OF HYMNAL TUNES
20.
FAMOUS COMPOSERS
•JOHANN SEBASTIANBACH
• HE IS KNOWN FOR INSTRUMENTAL AND
VOCAL COMPOSITIONS
• AS MOSTLY RENOWNED AS AN ORGANIST
• FAMOUS WORKS: MASS IN B MINOR, CANTATA
208 , CONCERTO GROSSO AND FUGUE IN G
MINOR
21.
FAMOUS COMPOSERS
•ANTONIO VIVALDI
•VIOLIN VIRTOUSO
• REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST
COMPOSERS OF BAROQUE PERIOD
• FAMOUS WORK: FOUR SEASONS (SPRING,
SUMMER, AUTUMN AND WINTER)
22.
FAMOUS COMPOSERS
•GEORGE FRIEDRICHHANDEL
• KNOWN FOR HIS OPERAS, ORATORIOS AND ORGAN
CONCERTOS
• INFLUENCED BY ITALIAN BAROQUE AND GERMAN CHORAL
TRADITION
• FAMOUS WORK: MESSIAH