| A | B |
|---|
| Middle Ages (Medieval Era) | 400-1450. Bingen |
| Middle Ages (Medival Era) | Fall of Roman Empire, The Black Death |
| Renaissance Era | 1450-1600 Means "rebirth" |
| Renaissance Era | 1st printed music; Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England |
| Baroque Era | 1600-1750. Handel (Hallelujah!) |
| Baroque Era | 1st slaves to USA; Galileo identifies gravity |
| Classical Era | 1750-1820. Mozart |
| Classical Era | Ben Franklin discovers electricity; Am. Revolution |
| Romantic Era | 1820-1900. Mendelssohn |
| Romantic Era | Nationalism--folk music used to i.d. their music with their native lands |
| Romantic Era | Sax & Tuba added to orchestra. 1st railroad; Am. Civil War |
| Twentieth Century | 1900-2000. Rachmaninoff |
| Twentieth Century | Impressionist: Debussy & Ravel--vague/blurred music |
| Twentieth Century | Neo-Classical style or "new" classical: return to classical principals of balance/form. Music does not describe scene/emotion. |
| Twentieth Century | 1st airplane flight; WWI |
| Sacred Music | religious music |
| Secular Music | non-religious |
| A capella music | voice without accompaniment |
| 4 Orchestra families | Woodwinds, strings, percussion, brass |
| Expressive changes | dynamics, tempo, number of parts or players |
| Monophonic | "one sound" or a single line of music with no harmony |
| Polyphonic | "many songs" or two or more melodies combined |
| Improvising | making up |
| balanced phrases | phrases that are usually the same length |
