Music Periods

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Baroque Period?
1600-1750
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Baroque texture?
Polyphonic, one mood throughout
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Baroque instruments?
Harpsichord, The Basso Continuo
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Baroque melodies and phrases?
Long, flowing melodies & use of imitation and sequences
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Baroque ornaments?
Yes: mordents, trills, turns
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Baroque composers?
Vivaldi, Bach, Handel
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Classical period?
1750-1810
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Classical mood?
Perfect, elegant, balanced, contrasting moods
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Classical melodies?
Short, well balanced melodies & clear question and answer phrases, clear cadences
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Classical harmony?
Diatonic harmony
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Classical texture?
Homophonic (melody and accompaniment), some counterpart (2+ melodic lines combined)
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Classical composers?
Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Haydn
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Classical instruments?
1/2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets,2 kettledrums, strings
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Classical features?
More/wider dynamics, key, mood, timbre, instruments, pitch, tempo
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Romantic period?
1850-1900 (Includes lieder)
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Romantic composers?
Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schumann
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Romantic melodies?
Lyrical melodies, chromatic harmonies and discords
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Romantic dynamics?
Dramatic contrast in pitch and dynamics
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Romantic orchestra instruments?
Big orchestras, brass & invention of the valve
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Romantic programme music?
Tells a story
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Romantic music shape?
Recurring themes
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Romantic mood?
Personal, emotional, ornamentation, sustaining pedal
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Baroque texture?

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Baroque ornaments?

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