6/22/20161 Music Periods Middle Ages Middle Ages 500 – 1400 AD 500 – 1400 AD Renaissance Period Renaissance Period 1400 – 1600 AD Baroque Period Baroque Period 1600 – 1750 AD

6/22/20162 Middle Ages Definition Definition Gregorian Chant Gregorian Chant Minstrels Minstrels Troubadours Troubadours Organum Organum Ars Nova Ars Nova Composers Composers Instruments Instruments

6/22/20163 Renaissance Period Definition Definition Chanson Chanson Composers Composers Instruments Instruments

6/22/20164 Baroque Period Definition Orchestra Forms Composers Instruments

6/22/20165 Music Periods Classical 1750 – 1820 Romantic 1820 – 1900 Twentieth Century 1900 – Present

6/22/20166 Classical Period Based on Greek Art Based on Greek Art Thematic Melodies Thematic Melodies Simpler Harmonies Simpler Harmonies Homophonic Texture Homophonic Texture Forms Forms Composers Composers Instruments Instruments

6/22/20167 Romantic Period Orchestra became much larger Orchestra became much larger Programmatic music Programmatic music Leitmotive Leitmotive Music used to spur nationalism Music used to spur nationalism Forms Forms Composers Composers Instruments Instruments

6/22/20168 Twentieth Century Music was more atonal (no set key) Music was more atonal (no set key) Music was more dissonant Music was more dissonant Music was more mathematical (12 tone row) Music was more mathematical (12 tone row) Composers Composers

6/22/20169 Next Music Period Since we are in the Twenty First Century, we do not know what the next Music Period will be called. Since we are in the Twenty First Century, we do not know what the next Music Period will be called.