early music
Medieval and Renaissance
Early music refers to Western classical music from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods—roughly before 1750.
The term emerged in the 20th century alongside a movement to perform this repertoire on period instruments using historically informed techniques: an early music ensemble, She specialized in early music performance.
The boundaries are fuzzy; some extend it to include early Classical period works.
- lutePear-bodied fretted strings
- violBowed Renaissance instrument
- historical performanceArt recreating past styles
- viola da gambaFretted bowed string instrument
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
counterpoint · medieval · chant · hurdy-gurdy · mensural notation · authenticity · troubadour · clavichord · sackbut · baroque · gut strings · repertoire · shawm · ornamentation · virginal · motets · classical · courtly
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- Music ErasBaroque era, Baroque period, classical era, Gregorian chant, big band era
- musicologyethnomusicology, counterpoint, scholarly articles, comparative analysis, performance history
- violinviolin, bowing, violin bow, strings, fingerboard
- Classical Pianopiano, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin
- music majorscomposition, vocal performance, conducting, accompanying, pedagogy
early musicRomantic music
Expressive 1800s compositional movement
avant-garde music · minimalism · serialism · electronic music · orchestral music
early musicnew music
Recently created songs
contemporary music · avant-garde music · experimental music · electronic music
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