the middle ages period came before the period containing the enlightenment.
the middle ages period came before the period containing the enlightenment.
what period came before the period containing the enlightenment?
middle ages
ancient greece () was a civilization belonging to a period of greek history from the greek dark ages of the 12th–9th centuries bc to the end of antiquity ( ad 600). immediately following this period was the beginning of the early middle ages and the byzantine era. roughly three centuries after the late bronze age collapse of mycenaean greece, greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century bc, ushering in the archaic period and colonization of the mediterranean basin. this was followed by the period of classical greece, an era that began with the greco-persian wars, lasting from the 5th to 4th centuries bc. due to the conquests by alexander the great of macedon, hellenistic civilization flourished from central asia to the western end of the mediterranean sea. the hellenistic period came to an end with the conquests and annexations of the eastern mediterranean world by the roman republic, which established the roman province of macedonia in roman greece, and later the province of achaea during the roman empire.
ancient greece
since the word 'sentence' is borrowed from the study of (verbal) grammar—where its accepted meaning is one that does not admit of straightforward application to musical structures—its use in music has frequently been metaphorical. especially before the latter half of the twentieth century, different musicians and theorists employ and define the term in different ways. for example, macpherson (1930, 25) defines a musical sentence as "the smallest period in a musical composition that can give in any sense the impression of a complete statement." it "may be defined as a period containing two or more phrases, and most frequently ending with some form of perfect cadence." among the simplest examples he gives are what he calls 'duple sentences' -- themes (from mozart's d major piano sonata and beethoven's third piano concerto) in which we find pairs of 'balanced' phrases (four-bar 'announcing phrase' ending in half-cadence, followed by four-bar 'responsive phrase' ending with perfect cadence): to many modern theorists this kind of structure is called a period'. similarly, the grove dictionary of music states that the term 'sentence' "has much the same meaning as ‘period’, though it lacks the flexibility of the latter term."
sentence (music)