Western Art Music Timeline

Western Art Music

Louie Swain

The Renaissance Era

1450- 1600

Music was divided into two catagories

Background

Secular Music

Sacred Music

Music controlled, performed by and

written for the church. The songs were

performed in cathedrals and praised gods

or told stories of their great feats.

The Renaissance was a period of great artistic resurgance for all of Europe. During this time, art began to break out of traditional church methods and styles and artists of all kinds started to paint and perform things that had never been imagined before.

Non religeous music. This was some of the

first music ever made that was not created

purely to praise the gods.

Styles included:

Madrigal

Ballett

Pavan

Galliard

Music in the Baroque

During this time in music, all music was written to meet a purpose or demand from churches or courts.

Key Historical Events

Music in the Renaissance

1428 - Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans

In music, lots of exciting new developments were arising, breaking the barriers of previously made music. Polyphonic music first began to make an appearence.

A turning point in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. France's first major win.

Key Terms of Renaissance Music

(Music)

1492 - Columbus Discovers the Americas.

In the Renaissance, vocal music was considered more important than instrumental music because there was a greater intrest in what language could convey rather than just sounds.

A whole new world that was previously never thought to exist was discovered, changing Europe's ideas of the earth forever.

Motet - An accapella sacred music

Counterpoint - A musical conversation between the different sections of the music

Antiphony - Call and response

Polyphony - Two or more interdependent melodies

working together.

1589 - Edict of Nantes

Major works in Art and Literature

Hamlet, by Shakespeare

Don Quixote, by Cervantes

St. Theresa in Ecstasy, by Bernini

Henry IV of France introduced a new set of rights to promote civil unity. This allowed civilians to seperate from the church without being classified as heritics or betrayers. This opened up the door to a whole new age of thinking and arts.

Major works in Art and Literature

Ghent Altarpiece, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck

The Arnolfini Portrait, by Jan van Eyck

Clément Marot Adolescence clémentine

Clément Marot Psaumes

Key Terms of Baroque Music

1600- 1750

Fugue - a ployphonic composition that based on a main theme that is called a subject.

Concerto Grosso - an orchestra arangement in which a few soloist players are backed up by a large group of other players called the tutti.

The Baroque Era

The Medieval Era

500- 1400

Background

1607 - Jamestown

1666 - Great fire of London

Key Terms of Renaissance Music

Key Historical Events

1618 to 1648 - Thirty Years War

Key Historical Events

The Baroque Era was a new movement in art which introduced a whole new style to art and music all over the world. The general style was one of bold, clear and easily interpreted detail.

Organo

is, in general, a plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle Ages. Depending on the mode and form of the chant, a supporting bass line may be sung on the same text, the melody may be followed in parallel motion, or a combination of both of these techniques may be employed.

Cantus firmus

In music, a cantus firmus is a pre-existing melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition.

Jamestown, Virginia founded -- the first English settlement on the American mainland

One of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. A religeous war between Protestants and Catholics.

A major fire that swept through the city of central London causing disaster to the infrastructure of the entire city.

Major works in Art and Literature

The Black Death

The Black Death victims in the Middle Ages were terrified of the deadly disease. The plague held a massive mortality rate between 30 and 40%. Victims had no idea what had caused the disease. Neither did the physicians in the Middle Ages.

The Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings took place on Saturday 14th of October 1066. The leaders of the Battle of Hastings were Duke William of Normandy and King Harold of William. The Normans win the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England follows.

The One Hundred Years War

One of the most important historical events of the Medieval era is the Hundred Years War. The Hundred Years War was fought between between England and France and later Burgundy. What were the key dates of this famous historical event? Joan of Arc was a major figure in the Hundred Years War.

Beowulf (Date unknown)

Nibelungenlied (1230)

Reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem (1460)

Background

The Renaissance was a period of great artistic resurgance for all of Europe. During this time, art began to break out of traditional church methods and styles and artists of all kinds started to paint and perform things that had never been imagined before.