Classical Music Identification

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This exercise is designed to help identify the styles of classical music. An **associated page** serves as a test. Alternately, simply pressing a random link while the student listens may serve as a test.

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Middle Ages: Gregorian Chant; few instruments and mostly solo voices in secular music.
MIDDLE AGES 1 Danca (dance)
MIDDLE AGES 2 A Virgen mut groriosa

Renaissance: multiple musical and voice parts; the first brass instruments
RENAISSANCE 1 Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)
RENAISSANCE 2 Et Tu Petrus (Motet by Palestrina)
RENAISSANCE 3 De Pensier (Madrigal by de Lassus)

Baroque: complex polyphony/counterpoint in all parts of compositions; no variant in volume and speed; more organ compositions.
BAROQUE 1 Brandenburg Concerto (Bach)
BAROQUE 2 Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
BAROQUE 3 Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
BAROQUE 4 Toccata in D minor (Bach)

Viennese Classical: less complex melodies mostly in the major keys; some variant in volume and speed; rise of the piano.
VIENNESE CLASSICAL 1 Piano Sonata in A (Mozart)
VIENNESE CLASSICAL 2 Surprise Symphony (Haydn)
VIENNESE CLASSICAL 3 Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)

Classical Romantics: less ordered musical style with many variations in key and mood; transition period.
CLASSICAL ROMANTICS 1 Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven)
CLASSICAL ROMANTICS 2 Fifth Symphony (Beethoven)
CLASSICAL ROMANTICS 3 Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Romantic: great variation in tempo, keys and melody; music reflects the mood or emotion of the composition subject.
ROMANTIC 1 Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengin (Wagner)
ROMANTIC 2 Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky)
ROMANTIC 3 Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss)
ROMANTIC 4 Liebestraum (Liszt)

Impressionist: lack of organized melody designed to reflect the subject of the composition ('create an impression').
IMPRESSIONIST Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)

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Songs & Dances of the Middle Ages
King's College Choir
100 Masterpieces Set
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