Question

List all the eras of music and the years that they range from. List the characteristics that make up each period, and two famous composers from each era.

Answer 1

The major time divisions of music are as follows

• The ancient music period , before 500 AD

• The early music period, it includes

▪the medieval (500,1400) including

° the ars antiqua (1170-1310)

° the ars nova (1310-1377)

° the ars subtilor (1360-1420)

▪The renaissance (2400-1600) eras

▪Baroque (1600-1750)

▪The galant music period (1720-1770)

•The common practise period

▪ Baroque (1600-1750)

▪ Galant music (1720-1770)

▪Classical (1750-1820)

▪ Romantic eras (c.1780-1910)

•The 20th and 21st centuries 1901-to present

▪The modern (1890-1930)

▪ impressionism (1890-1925)

▪neoclassical (1920-1950)

▪The high modern (1930 to present)

▪ The post morder (1930 to present)

▪The experimental (1950 to present)

▪ Contemporary (1945 to present)

The classical music era

The classical music is art produced in the traditions of western culture. It is mainly homophonic—melody above chordal accompaniment.

Composers :

1) Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

2) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Baroque music era

The main characters of baroque music is that it is a single melodic idea. It is a balance of Homophonic- melody with chordal harmony and polyphonic textures.

Composers

1) Johann Christian Bach (1685-1750)

2) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)