Rock and Romantic Comparisons

Rock

“A form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it is characterized by electronically amplified structure”( Peneny). It combined all the great American music and created a type of music all its own. It was named “rock-and-roll” first by a Cleveland disc jockey, who took it from a song called “My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll”. However the Rock and Roll to Britain were it flourished first with the well known groups as the Beatles, Rod Stewart, and Van Morrison.

Classical

The classical movement came from the time of the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution, which were two events that dramatically changed the face of Europe. Also during this period, more time became leisure time, which allowed the public the enjoy music. This lead to the disappearance of the Baroque system of patronage. The music began to become more simplistic, unlike the sudden changes in styles and trills that were present in the Baroque period.