1. Ancient Music
The history of western art music began with Christian music.
at the beginning of the 4th century, with the decline of the Roman empire, Christianity rose as a new force within the empire.
in 313, the Roman emperor Constantine issued the decree of Milan, giving Christians freedom of belief, and he himself was baptized before his death.
Christianity took advantage of the situation to build churches in various places and spread its missionary work widely.
Music, as a tool to spread faith, is attached to religious ceremonies and has developed rapidly.
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2. Medieval music
Medieval secular music is mainly songs with dialect lyrics.
The lyrics of secular songs are rhyming poems, with bright rhythm and ballad tunes.
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3. Renaissance
The Renaissance period was about 145-16 AD. On the basis of the "new art" in the Middle Ages, it pursued the liberation of human nature and the expression of people's inner feelings.
At this time, under the impetus of humanism, musicians developed and reformed polyphonic music, and vocal music and instrumental music gradually separated and developed independently.
Du Fay, josquin, Bian Shua, Okegam, etc.
4. Baroque
Baroque originally meant "weird". In the 17th and 18th centuries, it meant ornate architectural style, and later it meant a period of artistic style.
The musical characteristics of Baroque period are: the birth of opera and the development of instrumental music, the polyphonic style gradually shifted to the main melody style, the church mode was gradually replaced by the big and small tone system, and the use of digital bass caused the new concept of "harmony acoustics".
A large number of new music genres are emerging, and the music language is constantly updated.
representatives:. Frescobaldi, buxtehude, Cooper, etc.
5. classicism
Classical music refers to the mainstream music in Europe during the period from 173 to 182, also known as the Vienna Classical School.
Classical music inherits the development of Baroque music and is a musical style or an era in the history of European music.
representative figures: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
6. Romanticism
Since the 19th century, romantic factors in music have occupied an important position, and these 1 years have been called "The Romantic Period" in music history.
After the baptism of the French Revolution, people's value has been fully affirmed. While self-expression in music is particularly popular, public concerts have become an important form. In order to please the audience, musicians pursue superb skills, magnificent acoustics and colorful styles.
representative figures: Schumann, Brahms' interludes, Schubert, Schumann, Balakirev, etc.
7. Music in the 2th century
At the turn of the 19th and 2th centuries, post-romantic musicians pushed the romantic ideal and language to the extreme, which inspired the rebellion of the younger generation of composers.
representatives: Gustav * *, Richard Strauss, etc.