Classical

Music Timeline (1730-1820)

 is characterized by simpler melodies such as the sonatas.

 The primary instrument is Piano
Style Galant
 a simple yet more direct style of music.
 Middle class also appreciate
 less complicated and easy to understand
Sentimental Style
 This style was adapted by composers
 reflected feelings and situations
experienced in daily life
 New music styles of Classical period
 It had simpler harmony and clearer tonality
 Piano
 Bartolomeo Cristofori created
around 1709 in Florence.
 Changes in his early invention
became the basic of the modern
piano.
 very popular in the mid-18th
century
 Romantic
Music Timeline (1815-1910)

 is characterized by using music to tell a story or express an

idea
 the use of various instruments including wind instruments
 Beethoven and Romanticism
 Wrote choral, chamber music
and opera.
 studied under Haydn,
 was also influenced by the works
of Mozart
 began to lose his hearing at age 28,
losing it completely by age 50.

 One of his most popular works is the Ninth Symphony

 He influenced a new crop of young composers guided by the
ideals of Romanticism.
What is Romanticism?
 a concept that included different
mediums; from music to art painting
literature. to

 During the 19th century, Vienna and

Paris were the centers of musical activity
 What is Romanticism?

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by

Caspar David Friedrich
is an example of Romantic
painting.

 believed in allowing their imagination and passion

 different from the Classical belief of logical order and clarity
The Flute
The Saxophone
The Tuba
 20 Century
th

Music Timeline (1900-2000)

 brought about many innovations on how music was

performed and appreciated
 used technology to enhance compositions
20th Century Music
 is defined by the sudden emergence
of advanced technology
 no longer limited to concerts, opera-houses,
clubs, and domestic music-making
Rock and roll
 often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll
 evolved in the United States during the late
1940s and early 1950s
 combination of African American blues,
country, jazz and gospel music.
 Either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument
 generally replaced by guitar in the middle to late 1950s
 now more commonly called simply "rock music" or "rock".
Hip Hop Music
 also called rap music
 consisting of a stylized rhythmic music
 commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic
and rhyming speech that is chanted
four key stylistic elements:
 rapping, scratching, breaking and graffiti writing
Music has changed the world ?
 When some people get sad, they often
start listening to music, which then calms
them down
 If it wasn't for music, then this world
would've been insane