Late Modern English Era

Late Modern English Era, composers began to experiment with open forms and with more personally  expressive systems of  notation.
The United States was about to embark on a musical journey that would change the face of music for decades to come with emigragions of people from various country, majority african.
Than we began have more new mode of music, the three mode of music that I will mention are:
Rock And Roll, that electric guitar is center of musical instrument and considered by music of "black" cause was made by africans.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fsqYctXgM).
Rhythm And Blues, that is construted by various by various musical instrument also considered by music of "black". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_V-DoQ5Hwo).
Traditional Pop, which the principal is sing of person with various musical instrumental.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flm4xcOyiCo&feature=BFa&list=PLFDEF79377CA28841).

- Sheng Wang

How did Music change during Industrial Revolution ?

In this period of British music, the main instrument used to create melodies was the piano. It was invented in 1700 and had a huge importance concerning the increasing quality of music.   

 However, by the 1830's musicians felt the necessity to have louder instruments, instruments that could be heard in huge concert halls due to their bigger power comparing to the ones that used to be played. Instead of losing musical tone they wanted to keep it and add volume to it creating better melodies. The Steinway family largely improved the quality of the piano that were made in those days to meet this demand and registered their new improvements. The result was the creation of more sophisticated instruments that could be heard in large rooms as they were meant to be.

These creations allowed many musicians to create new melodies and improve the old ones, making possible to diversify music in different genres. After Industrial Revolution many genres were created such as British dance band (a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s) what led to huge changes in the way how music was interpreted as cultural patrimony.

The Elizabethan Era

In the Early Modern English period, the Elizabethan era spans. The music in the Elizabethan era,or Elizabethan Music, refers to the music played in the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603). In this period English music was developed to a such high level that commanded respect from the rest of Western Civilization.

 Beside of the declination of the church's role, it was a major significance for music in the 16th century. The puritans (significant grouping of English Protestants) tried to end with the church music but the will of the people only made it more predominat.The style of the church music was known as choral polyphony and  many of those are still sung today.

 Queen Elizabeth I was interested in music and also knew well how to play instruments. She could play the lute and virginals, a small form of a harpsichord. She inspired courtiers and gentlemen to understand the art of music. Dancing was considered part of propriety by Queen Elizabeth.

 After Elizabeth I's death, English music maintained its level for a short while, and fell off (largely after the Revolution) with the change of styles leading to the 'early baroque' period.

 -João Gonçalves

Intro

Welcome to our blog. 

We are a group of students attending high school in Portugal who created this blog as part of our English subject. We will be posting from time to time, probably every two weeks, some commentaries about current issues always related to music. We hope you follow us regularly and we will try to keep you ‘’musically updated’’. 

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