What are some examples of Western music?

Answer 1

Examples of Western Art from 1150 to 1880 include:

'Maestà (Majesty)', c.1280- 85 (tempera on panel) by CIMABUE (1240-1302)

'The Adoration of the Magi', 1423 (tempera on panel) by GENTILE DA FABRIANO (c.1370-1427)

'The Tribute Money', 1426 (fresco) by MASACCIO (c.1401-1428)

'The Madonna of the Rocks', 1483-86 (oil on panel) by LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)

'Portrait of Laura Battiferri', 1555 (oil on canvas) by BRONZINO (Agnolo di Cosimo) (1503-1572)

'David with the Head of Goliath', 1610 (oil on canvas) by CARAVAGGIO (1571-1610)

The Progress of Love - The Meeting', 1773 (oil on canvas) by JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD (1732-1806)

'The Milkmaid', 1658-61 (oil on canvas) by JAN VERMEER (1632-1675)

'Napoleon Crossing the Alps', 1801 (oil on canvas) by JACQUES LOUIS DAVID (1748-1825)

'The Fighting Temeraire', 1839 (oil on canvas) by JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER (1775-1851)

'Apples and a Pomegranate', 1871 (oil on canvas) by GUSTAVE COURBET (1819-1877)

'La Ghirlandata', 1873 (oil on canvas) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (1828-1882)

Answer 2

Western music encompasses anything produced in the "Western" world (not to be confused with USA's western, or "country" music): in Europe, the Americas, and some Slavic countries. Think of Western Music as being anything with Equal Temperament; that is to say, if it can be played on a standard piano, it is probably Western. Western music can be both liturgical (church music) and secular (performance or commercial music). Western music dates back to the middle ages in Medieval Europe.

Although there has been a clear separation of Western and eastern music for centuries, in recent years the line between them has begun to blur. Thanks in part to global trade [and even moreso] the internet, more Eastern music composers are making music in Western tonalities, and vice versa. Take, for example, films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." The film's soundtrack features a full orchestra (like one might find in a European concert hall) with some additional, more traditional Chinese instrumentation.

Answer 3

The Sistine Chapel from Michelangelo; The Mona Lisa from Leonardo da vinci; The Parthenon of Ancient Greece; and The Thinker from Auguste Rodin.

Answer 4

Impressionist Art