Música Primitiva

Prehistoric/primitive music

It all start at the music end line, called prehistoric music, also called primitive music. All the music, that is called primitive music, is all music in 1.500 before Jesus was born. There is no one who knows, who invented the music, but the inventors mean, that the original music likely stems from naturally sounds and rhythms. Even today some cultures have their own way, to make music, some people still make music, by using natural sounds. Some people means that the first musical instrument, was the human voice itself, witch can make a vast array of sounds, from singing, humming and whistling through clicking, coughing and yamning. Some archaeologists have discovered a bone flute in the Hohle Fels, near Germany, in 2008. The five holed flute has a V-shaped mouthpiece and is was made from a vulture wing bone. But the oldest know wooden pipes were discovered near Ireland, in 2004, which didn't had finger holes, and the archaelogists means that they could use their mouth, to do many different kind of sounds.
The prehistoric period ended for 4.000 years ago, when people began to writ the music down, as notes, and then the ancient music periode began. At that time, the old Greek used double pipes, and ancient bagpipes. The early music, 476 after Jesus was born, is in general used to describe the European classic, from after the fall of the Roman Empire, and till the end of the Baroque era in the middle of the 18th century.

Medieval music, the Renaissance music and Barokmusic

This was the early music period, it started in 500 and to 1760. In the 9th century, was there several important development, there was a major effort by the Church, when people began to unify the many chant traditions, and suppress many of them in favor of the Gregorian liturgy. There was not really songs, from before this time, but a form of parallel singing known as organum was still in action. And then notation was reinvented, after a lapse of about five hundred years. In the 13th century, was there formed a scared music, which they used all over the world. The Renaissance music began in 14th century, where the music began to come out, to many other arts, and that began in northern Europe, specifically in the central and northern France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Here people also began to compose their own music, for example in the middle of the 15th century, the most famous composers
was Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois and Antoine Busnois. And now, in the 15th century, was composers and singers, from the Low Countries areas, began to spread across Europe, especially into Italy. Here they were employed by the papal chapel and the aristocratic patrons of the arts, like Medici, the Este and the Sforza families. By the middle of the 16th century, the international style began to break down, and several highly diverse stylistic trends became evident. The Baroque music. Here became the instrumental music dominated, and the most major music there was formed, were defined. Much of the Baroque music was designed for improvisation, with a figured bass, provided by the composer for the performer to flesh out and ornament. The harpsichord was a dominant instrument, and the beginnings of well temperament opened up the possibilities of playing in all keys and modulations. Music was also featured a basso continuo, it is a keyboard, either harpsichord or organ, and a bass instrument.

Link to music from Guillaume Dufay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-25R_SaDao

Classical music, Romantic music and 20th cantury music

Classical music started in 1730, and it was based on homophonic texture, or an obvious melody with accompaniment. These new melodies, was almost voice-like and sing able, it allowed composers to replace singers as the focus of the music. Instrumental music quickly replaced opera and other sung forms, such as oratorio. In the Romantic period, ,music became more expressive and emotional, where it include literature, art and philosophy. Examples of famous early Romantic composers: Schumann, Chopin, Bellini and Berlioz. In the late 19th century, could you see a dramatic expansion, in the size of the orchestra, and the concerts was a part of urban society.
The 20th century, there came a revolution in music listening as the radio gained popularity worldwide, new media and technologies were developed to record, capture, reproduce and distribute music. There came music videos and concerts. Music of all kinds also became portable. Headphones allowed people to sitting next to each other, and listing to different kind of music. The 20th century music brought a new freedom and wide experimentation with new musical styles and forms that challenged the accepted rules of music of earlier periods.
Link to music from Bellini and Berlioz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AB6rRZfXzc

By: Nicolai Agerbo