1. Musical Time Periods Designed for 7th grade general music class by John L. Madas

2. Just Imagine…

3. The 7 Music Time Periods Antiquity – c. 400-800 Medieval – 800-1400 Renaissance – 1400-1600 Baroque – 1600-1750 Classical – 1750-1820 Romantic – 1820-1900 Contemporary – 1900-Present

4. Why?

5. Antiquity c. 450-800 No known composers Gregorian chant

6. Medieval 800-1400 Composers: Guillaume de Machaut and John Dunstable Sacred Music/Secular Music

7. Renaissance 1400-1600 Renaissance - Rebirth Composers: Claudio Monteverdi, William Byrd, Thomas Morley, and Giovanni Palestrina. Renaissance Fairs

8. Baroque 1600-1750 Basso Continuo and Ornamentation Composers: J.S. Bach, George Fredrick Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi Newton’s law of gravity

9. Classical 1750-1820 Known as the Age of Enlightenment Composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven Famous American War?, Printing Press

10. Romantic 1820-1900 Personal Feeling/Emotion Composers: Claude Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, and Richard Wagner. Civil War (1861-1864)

11. Contemporary 1900-Present Scientific Age Composers: Arnold Schoenberg, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Charles Ives Cars, Airplanes, Computers, Medical Advancements, etc.

12. Acrostic All Men Read Books Containing Radical Characters

13. Timeline Click here to access the Musical Time Period’s time line!

15. 800

16. 1400

17. 1600

18. 1750

19. 1820

22. Medieval

23. Renaissance

24. Baroque

25. Classical

26. Romantic

28. What is the last musical Time Period?

30. 800

31. 1400

32. 1600

33. 1750

34. 1820

36. Credits Reading Student Picture: http://www.clipartpal.com/clipart_pd/education/readingbook_11108.html Antiquity Picture: http://www.luc.edu/faculty/pgraha1/womeninantiquity/wiasyllabus.htm Medieval Picture: http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~medieval.html Renaissance Picture: http://karenswhimsy.com/renaissance-clothing.shtm Baroque Picture: http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Antonio_Vivaldi_baroque-composer-artist.html?q=magnum

37. Credits Classical Picture: http://woodside.blogs.com/cosmologycuriosity/2008/01/off-topic-free.html Contemporary Picture: http://www.gkb.k12.in.us/17062098194154320/cwp/browse.asp?a=3&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=54496&17062098194154320Nav=|&NodeID=69 Opening Slide: http://blogs.voices.com/buzz/2008/07/ Civil War Picture: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1864/june/civil-war-battle.htm

38. Credits All information taken from www.essentialsofmusic.com Timeline created on www.xtimeline.com