Question

Give the name and dates for each of the six historical periods. Provide the names of two composers from each era along with a description of two qualities of the music from each period. For example, here is a mythical historical era with the equally mythical required information. Historical Period Name: Post-Modern Period Historical Period Dates: 2020-2075 Historical Period Composers: Gregory Futureman and Amanda Hasnotbeenbornyet Historical Period Musical Characteristics: The music from this time period makes use of hypersonic variables and generally conforms to rigid, yet flexible, formal structures.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Historical Period Dates: 500-1450 AD -  Medieval

Composers : Leonin, Perotin, Hildegard of Bingen,  Machaut

Qualities : Scared monophonic music, major music centers in France and Italy.

2. Historical Period Name : 1450-1600 - Renaissance

Composers : Giovanni Perlugi da Palestrina, Josquin des Prez, Giovani Gabrieli

Qualities : Imitative polyphony, genres : ricercar and canzon, composers worked for aristocratic households and churches.

3. Historical Period Name  : 1600-1750 - Baroque

Composers : Vivaldi, Bach, Monteverdi, Handel

Qualities : basso continuo, music, emotion in music and improvisation both became popular, opera was developed.

4. Historical Period Name: 1825 - Classical

Composers : Mozart, Beethoven, Haydin, Schubert

Qualities : Music reflected the flavors of the rich and was made by set up structures. There was an accentuation on topical turn of events. Ensembles, concertos, and string groups of four became significant types.

5. Historical Period Name :  1825-1900 - Romantic

Composers: Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Dvorak

Qualities : Emotion and dramatic music, defiance of convention, Free expression, widespread exoticism

6. Historical Period Name: 1900 - present - Twentieth/Twenty-First Century

Composers : Bartok, Copland, Stravinsky, Choenberg, Bernstein.

Qualities : The U.S. becomes a major musical force, Dissonance, atonal writing, less traditional.