The Enlightenment movement claimed the allegiance of a majority of thinkers during this era, a period that Thomas Paine called the Age of Reason.

Music was considered “an innocent luxury” and music performances became available to a broader class of society during the Classical era.

The most important music of the early Renaissance was composed for use by the church.

Vietnam War.jpg The four wars (World War I, World Warr II, Korean War, and Vietnam War) greatly impacted music during this era.

The historical event of Columbus landing in the New World took place during the Modernism era.

The correct timeline of historical eras is Medieval/Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modernism.

During the Modernism eras the Beatles revolutionized the concept of albums and established them as an important form of musical expression.

The operative word most associated with Modernism.

During the Baroque era which of the following is true.

Rock and Roll emerged in the 1950s and is characterized by merging African-American rhythm and blues with country-western.