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1 Fanfare for the Common Man
Classical Music Is it for the common man? Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland

2 X A history lesson? Presentation
The idea of this presentation is to bring classical music alive for you

3 A Short History of Classical Music
We are talking about Western music, principally European

4 Definition By Classical Music, we mean serious music, not the music of the people

5 Origins Classical music was for many centuries centred around court and church

6 Evolution of Classical Music
History of European art music Early / Medieval (500 – 1400) Renaissance (1400 – 1600) Baroque (1600 – 1750) Classical (1730 – 1820) Early Romantic (1815 – 1850) Late Romantic (1850 – 1910) 20th century (1900 – 2000) Contemporary (1945 – present) Classical music has evolved through a succession of artistic movements

7 Structure of Music Pop goes the Weasel
At its most basic, music is a series of single notes of different pitch Pop goes the Weasel

8 Major & Minor Scales Western music is generally written in keys, eg A major, C minor of the 12 semitones in an octave, only 7 are used in any one key

9 Chords and Harmony A major chord uses the 1st, 3rd & 5th note of the octave C major uses C, E & G this is harmony C major

10 Monophonic Early Music Plainsong Gregorian Chant play

11 Polyphonic madrigals motets church music many Italians play Palestrina
(1525 – 1594) Allegri (1582 – 1652)

12 Baroque the Germans & the Italians Purcell in UK more ornate
use of continuum – harpsichord or organ play J S Bach (1685 – 1750) Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)

13 Classical Period the Austrians wrote in a formal, elegant style
emphasis on structure employed by patrons play Haydn ( ) Mozart ( )

14 Early Romantics German symphonists broke the classical mould
found freer modes of expression concentrated on individuality play Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Schubert (1797 – 1828) Mendelsohn (1809 – 1847) Schumann ( )

15 Still the Romantic Period
Italian Grand Opera long tradition in Italy bel canto full of passion & tragedy play Rossini (1792 – 1868) Verdi 1813 – 1901) Puccini (1858 – 1924)

16 Late Romantics Germans, Russians and Austrians bigger and bigger
over the top play Wagner (1813 – 1883) Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Mahler (1860 – 1911)

17 20th Century out with the old away from keys discord & dissonance
anything goes play

18 New Musical Language breaking the mould – again
the French Impressionists no regular rhythms play Debussy (1862 – 1918) Ravel (1875 – 1937)

19 English Music revival after inactivity national identity
incorporating folk tradition play Elgar ( ) Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1943)

20 Eastern Europeans strong, masculine rhythms unusual time signatures
folk influence ballet play Bartok (1881 – 1945) Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)

21 Post World War 2 avant garde experimentation pots & pans
non-music for the elite? like modern art in music play

22 A return to music? reaction to avant garde & experimenters
recognisable as music still modern, new & exciting play John Tavener (with Bjork) (b 1944) Karl Jenkins (b 1944)

23 Classical Music for All
not elitist something for everyone no barriers to overcome just try it play

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