Overview of Music History

   Over the past few weeks we have been working backwards through the era's of  music. We started in the late 90's and worked are way back first in the decades then in hole era's. At the end of the romantic era, which was were we started, the music made it ovbivious that there were few new classical ideas left to compose.

   The romantic eras music became more of emotion the natural growth of a piece. Also during this era music schools were established widely. Working backwards in the early romantic era the pieces remained widely similiar. Not knowing much of the era the came before and the compotion and instrumentals sounded much the same. similiar intensity, but the feeling of the music was less emotion and organic.

   Though apon moving back in to the classical era the romantic eras style and form became obvious and a chart of the progression of the eras formed. During the classical era instrumentals were widely used. The  modern concerto, symphony, sonata, trio and quartet were practiced and pieces were played and composed for groups. Seeds of the era were sown by names largely forgotten.
   Stepping even further back to what was one of my favorite periods, the baroque period. the works of the baroque peroid laid the foundation for the classical and the romantic eras. The baroque was almost a revolution intnot only the playing styles , composition and form, and the placing of this music. Musicians were hired to play at event, dinners, festivals, and for entertainment. The modern orcestra forms were put to use, operas along with overture's, prelude, aria, recitative and chorus were formed.
  Prier to the baroque period was the renaissance period of music.