History of songs

Throughout history, songs and their composition have evolved greatly and have adopted very varied forms, according to the tastes and traditions of each moment.

Musicians Middle Ages Here I have put together the series of podcasts dedicated to this story full of surprises, curiosities, fascinating music and songs. Although it can be seen as only a part of the history of music, in reality, sung musical works, with lyrics of any type, travel through the centuries alongside instrumental works and their evolution is also, to a large extent, their own. In each chapter we will explore a stage of that fascinating journey. From the assumptions about its origins to its various current forms, through the transformations it has undergone during its long life.

Songs through the centuries

Origins, assumptions: When did the songs come about? What do we know or, rather, what do we think we know about music and singing in prehistoric antiquity? We must recognize that we can only make assumptions. More or less founded but assumptions. 2. Voice and percussion, ceremonies: In this chapter we will focus on the human voice, singing, rhythm and the social function that songs and music have had over time. 3. Poetry, authors and mathematics: In the third chapter of the series we will comment, with some documentary foundation, how music and songs developed in Classical Greece and Rome. 4. The sacred and the profane: Following the course of the centuries, in this chapter we will talk about the Middle Ages. The minstrels and troubadours, the sacred and the profane in music and songs during that time. 5. a new world: Between the 14th and 16th centuries, the arts and sciences were the first to reflect the new times that the old continent was beginning to experience. A new conception of the world, based on the human being and not on God, the Renaissance. 6. Refinement and excesses: The Baroque period consolidated a way of making music that has survived to this day: the tonal system. With him and other innovations of the moment, music explored new paths unthinkable until then. 7. Reason, form, expression: We arrive at the so-called Classicism. After the baroque exaggeration, the Western world experienced a turn towards the scientific, towards moderation and the human as a measure and reference for the arts. The music and songs found a balance between expressiveness and formal clarity, becoming something more melodic and accessible. 8. The era of emotion: And after containment came passion and desperation. The era of Romanticism, of all or nothing, of ruins and excessive love also had its echo in music. The songs illustrated that tragic feeling of life, that dissatisfaction, that ephemeral glories of intense feelings with new forms and increasingly expressive sounds. 9. Freedom and mystery: The 20th century, the Impressionist period took modern songs and music even further. Non-tonal compositions, musical textures instead of melodic discourses and other groundbreaking currents sought new sound spaces for the musical creativity of the new century. 10. The popular and the modern: To finish this journey through the history of songs, we will talk a little about recorded music and its mass commerce, the great modern media and the consequences it had for music and songs to this day.

Series goals

In this series we investigate a little the history of songs, as part of the history of music, where those melodies and rhythms that excite us today have come from, their roots, in short. Without intending to be too exhaustive, we comment on some aspects of the relationship between music and words, through the centuries.

Radio The goal of this series is to become aware that a song is a very ancient artifact. Its forms have been changing, its uses too and despite everything it continues to have a very important function as expression and communication between humans. The history of songs is a reflection of our own history, of our successes and our mistakes, of the very survival of us, humans, as a species. We write songs for many different reasons but, above all, because we need them. Lyrics, music, rage, compassion, feelings, in short, a human story, without a doubt. #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_form { } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_column_with_background { padding: 10px; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_form_column:not(:first-child) { margin-left: 20px; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_paragraph { line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_segment_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_text_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_textarea_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_select_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_radio_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_checkbox_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_list_label, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_date_label { display: block; font-weight: normal; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_text, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_textarea, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_select, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_date_month, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_date_day, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_date_year, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_date { display: block; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_text, #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_textarea { width: 200px; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_checkbox { } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_submit { } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_divider { } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_message { } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_form_loading { width: 30px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; } #mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_form_loading > span { width: 5px; height: 5px; background-color: #5b5b5b; }#mailpoet_form_3{border: 1px solid #fcb900;border-radius: 40px;text-align: center;}#mailpoet_form_3 form.mailpoet_form {padding: 20px;}#mailpoet_form_3{width: 70%;}#mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_message {margin : 0; padding: 0 20px;}#mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_paragraph.last {margin-bottom: 0} @media (max-width: 500px) {#mailpoet_form_3 {background-image: none;}} @media (min-width: 500px) { #mailpoet_form_3 .last .mailpoet_paragraph:last-child {margin-bottom: 0}} @media (max-width: 500px) {#mailpoet_form_3 .mailpoet_form_column:last-child .mailpoet_paragraph:last-child {margin-bottom: 0}} Please leave this field emptyDo you write songs or would you like to?

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