Essay On Western Classical Music

Western Classical Music When I listen to my favorite songs I always wondered how music from the past is so different than music of today, however, it turns out that the music we listen to today originated a lot from western classical music. In our textbook “World of Music” by David Willoughby he categorizes five different eras that comes together to be known as western classical music. It includes: Chapter 9, “Music to 1600,” Chapter 10, “Music of the Baroque Period,” Chapter 11, “Music of the Classic Period,” Chapter 12, “Music of the Romantic Period,” and Chapter 13, “Music of the Twentieth Century. Western Classical Music is a probably the most important style of music in that it covers
With the rebirth of the renaissance period that enlightened music for the next few periods, Baroque period with its importance of instruments and knowledge of melody and rhythms, Out of classical period came the two most greatest musicians that will never be forgotten Mozart and Beethoven, starting at a young age they paved a way for other musicians to strive for their own success. Romantic period is when we started to see artists become in touch with themselves and notice each of their individuality throughout their pieces, and you can even see that in today’s music. Finally, the music of the twentieth century is important because the connection between an artist and its listener increased a lot with advanced technology and that it important for an artist to gain recognition. If anyone wants to study music I highly suggest studying about western classical music because not only do you get to learn about different styles of music and how it arose but you learn about the rich history where it originated from that lives in our music