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Piano Ed. - The History of Piano Music
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The Baroque Period (1600 - 1700)
Music existed before the Baroque period. There's the Renaissance, Medieval, the Romans and Greeks, the ancient civilizations, and the prehistoric times when people made flutes out of bones and played ancient music. But piano music as we know it had its beginnings in the Baroque period. It characterized by several features: a dynamic rhythm based on the regular beat that drives the music, dance rhythms, continuous expansion, increasing expression, terraced dynamics (going from loud to soft without crescendos or decrescendos), and the dominance of the Binary Form. The two most important composers of this time were J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel.
The Classical Period (1750 - 1825)
The most popular composers were: W. Mozart, J. Haydn, L. V. Beethoven. Classical period signifies the height of artistic achievement based on the standards of the Greeks and Romans. Piano music of this time has changed a lot from the previous Baroque style; the instrument itself is also coming into acceptance. Classicism is art as a mean of communication. The main focus of this period is to explore the major-minor system created during the baroque period, and to use large instrumental forms to prove this system.
The Romantic Period (1820 - 1900)
the most popular composers were: Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn. The romantic period is a complete change from the Classical. Romantic art style emphasizes three elements: strangeness, ecstasy, and experimentation. The piano during this period, because of the industrial revolution, was made stronger and better, leading to great virtuosos of the century such as Chopin and Liszt. The piano was given metal frames and thicker strings.
The Impressionist Period (1820 - 1900)
The impressionist period in music marks a change in the European music scene. The major-minor system that worked for centuries past is being questioned. This parallels the movement in art in which painting began to be hazy instead of the clear, descriptive paintings of the past. Impressionism in music is the start of the breaking away of tradition: namely the major-minor system. This resulted in many dramatic changes in the basis of harmony. There were two important composers of this era. Debussy and Ravel.
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