Microblog 20th Century Music (1900 – 2000) During the 19th century composers wanted greater emotional expression, so they upped their game with increasingly dense harmonies, moving towards chromaticism. Something had…

Microblog Romantic Music (1820-1900) During the 19th century composers wanted greater emotional expression, so they upped their game with increasingly dense harmonies, moving towards chromaticism, which simply put, means greater…

Microblog Classical Music (1750 – 1820) This relatively short period, or era, spawned some of the finest music ever written. Vienna was the epicentre of this musical era, and it…

Microblog Baroque Music (1600 – 1750) Fun fact: the term ‘baroque’ comes from the word ‘barroco’, meaning ‘oddly shaped pearl’. Many of the well known composers from the early Baroque…

Microblog Renaissance Music (1400 – 1600) During this period music started to become more complex, with sophisticated harmonies and counterpoint, which just means musical parts moving against each other to…