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Explore a chronology of western music history
Ancient & Medieval 800 bc - 1300
Western culture has undeniable ties to ancient Greece and Rome. Its ideals of beauty and art were rooted there. Its philosophy was founded on that of Plato and Aristotle. Its literature, particularly European poetry and drama, built upon ancient Greek and Latin traditions. Its music, too, is rooted in these ancient civilizations.
Pre-Renaissance 1300 - 1400
Toward the end of the Medieval period, the arts moved from the relatively stable, unified, religiously centered viewpoint of the 13th century toward the human concerns of this world. In music, too, composers consciously struck out in new directions.
Renaissance 1450 - 1600
The idea of Renaissance - rebirth - involved a rededication to human values. Artists, writers and musicians of the 15th and 16th centuries turned to secular as well as religious subject matter and created some of the most enduring art of all time.
Baroque 1600 - 1750
From approximately 1600 to 1750, wealth and patronage helped cultivate new genres of music. Composers adhered to certain conventions for organizing music and adopted certain ideas about how music should sound. Most important, they believed that music, by acting on emotions, should move the listener.
Classic 1750 - 1800
Classic composers and audiences valued music that possessed the qualities of simplicity, balance, perfection of form, diversity within unity, seriousness of purpose, and restraint.
Romantic 1800 - 1900
The Romantics reconciled music with words in the pianistic inventiveness of Schubert's lieder and the orchestral outpourings of Wagner's music dramas.
Modern 1900-Present
20th Century composers challenged the conventions of tonality that had ruled in the 18th and 19th centuries, bringing the Classic-Romantic period to a close, and created new musical models.
Date Added to Directory: 9/16/2005, Current Content: 7/3/2008, Days in Directory: 1021
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