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Period: 800 BCE to 146 BCE
Bases of Western music
In Greece.
It had a great development and was linked to poetry and theatrical performances. INSTRUMENTS: Lyre, harp, aulos, organ or hydraulos. -
Period: 400 to 1400
MIDDLE AGES
Music linked to religion and performed by the clergy.
In the monasteries, MUSICAL NOTATION arose.
Pneumatic notation_: Neumes, straight or curved lines that traced the melodic design.
Square notation_: Evolution from pneumatic to square signs indicating the pitch of sounds -
800
APPEARANCE OF POLYPHONY
Polyphony appeared as an evolution of Gregorian chant, when musicians began to introduce a second voice -
1000
THE TROUBADOUR MOVEMENT
It emerged in France at the end of the 11th century and spread throughout Europe -
1098
Born Hildegard von Bingen
German religious composer who composed liturgical pieces for her community and was the creator of the first extant musical liturgical drama -
Period: 1100 to 1200
ARS ANTIQUA
The ORGANUM was developed, which adds a second voice parallel to the original voice of a Gregorian chant.
Other forms of the Ars Antiqua are the CONDUCTUS (all its voices are newly created) and the MOTETE (two or three voices with a different text each at a different rhythm). -
Period: 1300 to 1400
ARS NOVA
The ORGANUM was developed, which adds a second voice parallel to the original voice of a Gregorian chant.
Other forms of the Ars Antiqua are the CONDUCTUS (all its voices are newly created) and the MOTETE (two or three voices with a different text each at a different rhythm) -
Period: 1400 to 1500
Franco-Flemish school.
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Period: 1400 to
RENAISSANCE
This period began in Italy and aimed to revive the ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
HUMANISM developed and the CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS BY FAMILIES.
A new musical style is created based on medieval music, as it could not be inspired by classical music because there were no records from that period -
1455
INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which promoted the spread of music. -
Period: 1500 to
SPANISH SCHOOL
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Period: 1500 to
ITALIAN SCHOOL
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1517
BEGINNING OF THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION
This was initiated by Luther in Germany and gave rise to Protestantism. -
1545
START OF CATHOLIC COUNTER-REFORMATION
It was the Catholic Church's response to Luther's Protestant Reformation. -
1567
BORN CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Most representative composer of Italian baroque opera -
Period: to
BAROQUE
Artistic period .
During this period, the power remained in the hands of the monarchy, the aristocracy and the church. -
Born Bárbara Strozzi
Composer born in Venice. She was also a composer, soprano singer and lute player. She is considered the greatest composer of cantatas of the entire Baroque -
Born GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄENDEL
German-born composer, although he spent most of his career in England, where he achieved great prestige. -
Born JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
German composer and organist. He created works for both instrumental and vocal music -
BORN ANTONIO VIVALDI
Italian composer, violinist and teacher.
He excelled as a composer of instrumental music and composed more than five hundred concertos for musical instruments.
