Digital Musicology: Music Evolution

This lecture covers the evolution of music across history, from medieval to modern times, exploring different musical periods, styles, and composers. It delves into the development of Western music, the emergence of classical music, the sonata form trajectory, and the new tonal idioms in the Baroque and Romantic eras. It also discusses the trends in 19th-century music, the diversity of musical idioms in the 20th century, and experiments in early 20th-century music. The lecture further explores the roots of Hollywood film scores, the impact of jazz, electronic music pioneers like Stockhausen and Schaeffer, and post-tonal music with Ligeti and Penderecki.