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Evolution of Music

Evolution of Music

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Music as we know and understand it today has come a long way .It has undergone changes over centuries and in each era , reflected the socio-political culture of its time

Medieval music is characterized by the significant use of chant . Many styles of music took form during the Medieval Period : HYPERLINK "http /classicalmusic .about .com /od /glossary /g /gregorianchant .htm Gregorian Chant , HYPERLINK "http /classicalmusic .about .com /od /glossary /g /organum .htm " organum HYPERLINK "http /classicalmusic .about .com /od /glossary /g /motet

.htm motets , HYPERLINK "http /classicalmusic .about .com /od /glossary /g /liturgicaldrama .htm liturgical dramas , and HYPERLINK "http /classicalmusic .about .com /od /glossary /g /chanson .htm " chansons Many of the instruments used during the Medieval Period still exist today the pan-flute , cornett (an ancestor of the trumpet , rec lute , mandolin , and last but not least , the dulcimer . Because the cost of printing , which involved scribes hand copying each piece of music and duplicating it for each member , was extremely high , only the wealthier institutions (churches and monasteries ) were able to create and duplicate manuscripts

In the history of music Renaissance Period (1400 - 1600 C .E ) was very famous . The sacred music composed during this period was composed for the Roman Catholic Church . The characteristic musical style of the Renaissance period is the smooth , homogeneous , imitative polyphonic style , used by Palestrina , Lassus and Byrd . Renaissance musicians played organ , flute , shawm , harpsichord , sackbut , viol , cornetto , rec krummhorn , dulcian , and harp , and a...