history of music

1. Classical Music History Music Gregorian years since 590

Classical music began with the discovery of the Gregorian notation tehun 590 by Pope Gregory the Great, a block of notes with 4 lines, but there is no count notation. Pope Gregory during his lifetime has recorded songs of the Church with the Gregorian notation. prior musical experience 590 years of darkness there is no written heritage that can be read.
1. 1. Notation Gregorian Year 590

Musical notation was born in the year 590, called the Gregorian notation, invented by Pope Gregory the Great, in which previously experienced the darkness of the music there is no written legacy. In his lifetime the Pope Gregori has copied hundreds of songs in the Church of the Gregorian notation. This notation memekai 4 lines as block notes, but there is no notation, rhythm (count based on feelings of the singer. Here the nature of the song is still as a single song or monofoni.
1. 2. Organum Music 1150-1400

At first people to sing with the same tone, or called organum, the tones sung by women or children, while the low tones sung by men. Here there is octave arrangement of songs, high voice (women / children) and low voice (male).
1. 3. Music Diafoni 1400-1600

Apparently not all can follow a high voice or sound rendah.Oleh therefore decided to make a quart voice lower following the melody, high maunpun quart quart low, and such music is called music diafoni (he = two, foni = sound).
1. 4. Basso Ostinato Year 1600

The people around Italy in 1600 found what he called Bass Basso Ostinato or moving oblique or insane, a series of notes that move step by step down or up, kemudia tone is repeated at other circuits.
1. 5. Polyphony Music Baroque Era 1600-1750

It turned out that following the same voice with the melody becomes boring, then do not start moving sound level, then start with the opposite direction. Composers Perluigi Giovani da Palestrina (1515-1594) was a pioneer of this, and developed theories about music melodies much (polyphony), so that each tone or point (punctus = point) move independently or opposite (counter), here was born the theory of kontrapun (Counterpoint = kontrapunt).

Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was one of the masters of polyphony music kontrapun techniques very high, arranged like a mathematical karema. Almost all Baroque era composer (1600-1750) set with kontrapun techniques, such as George Frederic Handle from England, Jean Remeau from Pernacis, Correli from Italy, etc.. Folk songs in the style of polyphony was Papa Jacob.

At first people are bound up with or Kontrapun Strict Counterpoint, but then on the theory menadapat freedom Kontrapun Free or Free Counterpoint.
1. 6. Homofoni Music Classical Era 1750-1825

Then on the Classical Era (1750-1825) found that based on the chord structure tri-sound (triads), further developed by four votes or more. Such music was called music Homofoni, so kontrapun be kontrapuntis melodic variations.
1. 7. Classical Music Romantic Era 1820-1910

Almost no much change in kontrapun and harmony is fundamental to the Romantic Era (1820-1910), but there is progress in orketrasi complete (with the invention of musical instruments). This era is the last and still be acceptable to the public hearing. Especially in music, opera, ballet music, and walsa wina.
1. 8. Classical Modern Music 1910-present

Modern music with atonal music and has been far from Politonal music fans who favor conventional music, because sound dissonant and irregular rhythm that requires concentration in the hearing.
2. Characters History since 1920
2. 1. Ragtime music in the United States since 1890

Ragtime music or Chop-Pig, is an American music influenced by African-American ethnicity and European classical music. This music became famous on the American mainland about 1890 until 1920. Music mempuyai tempo or rhythm from the dominance of fast syncopation, but some are a little slow paced.

This music is usually played with a special piano-style pork chop, and the pianist and the other creators of Scott Joplin (1868-1917), James Scott (1885-1938), and Joseph Lamb (1887-1959).
2. 2. Blues music in the United States since 1895

Blues music was born from African-American ethnicity in the Mississippi Delta peninsula in the late nineteenth century around the year 1895 and lasted until now. This music was born from the lives of the slaves who worked as a laborer in the African American race, at which time they were working or resting steady motion afternoon they sad songs (blues) melody typical African race, and of course with the lyrics of a slave oppressed at that time. At first blues song just sung without accompaniment instrument, the new kemudia meraka use stringed instruments as the guitar accompaniment.

Later this blues music influenced the development of jazz, country, and rock. Note that the rhythm and blues melodies so thick with the African race. Sometimes arise in the poem about their grief as slaves and farm laborers, and of course greatly influenced the development of urban environments and rural America, where the race to dominate the African blues style.

The blues musician and creator of the blues, the average American black man, is where WC Handy (1873-1958) was the father of the blues. Song Aunt Hagar's Children and the St. Louis Blues published respectively in 1914 and 1921.
2. 3. Characters in the United States began in 1920

After the First World War ended (1918), the new music on the American continent was born the so-called popular music. Music is primarily a dance floor music at that time became very popular and loved by people all over the world.
2. 4. Latin American music was born since 1857

Creator creations at this time with Latin influences are among others from George Bizets Hababera from the opera Carmen (1875); Scott Joplin's Mexican Serenade, Solace (1902); Ravels Maurice Rapsodie Espagnole (1907) and Bolero (1928).

Latin pop music latin dance began in the known, ie since the year 1920 as well. Tango dance balroom be one of the famous dance in 1920 in America and Europe, where track Tango bertangga minor and melancholic tone, as well as an aggressive step dance. After that tahuj 1930 and 1940 developed into one of popular music in the world, with figures such as Xavier Cugat, Perez Prado, etc.. Rhythm that developed at that time was the Rhumba, Samba, conga, Salsa, Mambo, etc..
2. 5. Country Music since 1920

Country music often diidentitaskan with cowboy music (cattle herders). Music was born in the country recorded the violin playing with John Carson recorded "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" by Okeh Records in 1923. Then the birth record by Columbia in 1924, "Old Familiar Tunes". As is known steel guitar entered country in 1922, where Jimmie Tarlton met with Hawaiian guitarist Frank Ferera on the west coast of America.

Beginning in 1927, over 17 years of Carters recorded some 300 old-time ballads, traditional songs, country songs, etc.. Later in the 1930s and 1940s became a popular cowboy songs in all movies Hallywood. And in 1939 Boogie-woogie rhythms became famous.


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