Western classical music has a glorious history. In slave society, the music culture of ancient Greece and Rome occupies a very important position; In the Middle Ages, religious music dominated; It is characterized by singing-based multi-part music form; 1 1 secular music and folk music developed in the century; During the Renaissance, instrumental music gradually gained an important position; After 16 and 17 centuries, the development of instrumental music laid the foundation of 18 century classical music.

First, the division of classical music.

18th century is the dividing line of classical music. /kloc-After the 0/8th century, the history of music entered the period of classical music and entered a glorious era.

Second, the genre of classical music

1. Baroque music era

This is the first genre of classical music. "Baroque" originally meant an out-of-round pearl, which was first used in architecture.

2. The era of classical music

/kloc-The era of classical music, which began in the second half of the 0/8th century, was represented by Haydn in Austria, Mozart and Beethoven in Germany. The musical form in this period was basically instrumental music, followed by vocal music.

3. Romantic Music School

The period of 65438+ 1920 entered the era of romantic music, with outstanding composers including Schumann, Mendelssohn, Weber, Chopin of Poland, Schubert of Austria, Berlioz of France, etc.

4. The era of national music school

The school of national music is an important branch of romanticism, which appeared in the second half of19th century.

5. Impressionist music era

Impressionism was born in Paris, France in the19th century, and its founder was Debussy of France. Impressionism originated from French painter Monet's Impression Sunrise.