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What was music like before 1750?
Renaissance - A period from 1450 to 1650 and was a fervent time of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic rebirth. The most important music of the renaissance was composed for the church-polyphonic masses and motet in Latin for e churches and court chapels. During the Renaissance, the use of stringed instruments increased. The instruments included the viols, lutes, cello, and more. The organ and the harpsichord were also played quite often.
Baroque - Baroque music refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. It was known for its grandiose, dramatic, and energetic spirit but also its stylistic diversity. During this period, modes (a set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are composed) were changed to Major and Minor keys. Also during this time, the orchestra was invented and opera started. Popular instruments played during this time include the woodwind valveless horn trumpets and the timpani.
Rococo  - The transitional, 25-year period between the baroque and classical periods is known as Rococo. The term, Rococo comes from French architecture. It’s used to describe a simpler method of decoration, a relaxation of the rules. The musical tastes of Europe had shifted to simpler styles; singable melodies, supporting accompaniment, and regular phrase lengths.

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Popular Genres during the Industrial Revolution

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Popular Genres during the Industrial Revolution

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The main music style during the Industrial revolution was romantic music. This genre was related to Romanticism (a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual). Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt were some well-known composers of the time. Folk, classical, and the beginning of pop music were all quite popular during the 1800s. Classical concerts were held during the 1800s. Classical concerts were held in the high classes, while music halls were for the lower classes.

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The evolution of guitars in the Industrial Revolution

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The evolution of guitars in the Industrial Revolution

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By the 1790s, the evolution of Spanish guitars settled; they had the standard body type and six courses of strings that resembled the modern guitar but were smaller. Antonio de Torres (Spanish guitar maker and musician), changed everything in the mid-1800s when he created a style of guitar that gave rise to all guitars to follow. People consider him to be one of the most important inventors in the history of the guitar.

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Original Handwritten sheet music "Heroic Polonaise" A flat major Op.53 composed by Frederic Chopin

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Frederic Chopin composed this piece in 1842 for his friend, Auguste Leo, who was a banker in Germany. This was one of Chopin's most admired compositions and has long been a favorite of the romantic piano repertoire. It is a solo piano piece, known for its “heroic” character, cast rhythmically as a polonaise (a Polish court dance in waltz time). The most common instrument to play it on is the piano and the difficulty level is hard.

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A painting of Antonio de Torres (author unknown)

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Antonio de Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and maker, and the most important Spanish guitar maker in history. His designs now model today's recognizably modern classical guitars. Most acoustic guitars in use today are similar to his designs. When he was twelve he started an apprenticeship as a carpenter. It was not until the 1850s with the advice of Julián Arcas who was a guitarist and composer, that Torres made guitar building his profession, and he began building guitars. Antonio was the first person to build a symmetrical guitar and also build a guitar with the back and sides built of paper mâché.

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What was music like before 1750?
Renaissance - A period from 1450 to 1650 and was a fervent time of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic rebirth. The most important music of the renaissance was composed for the church-polyphonic masses and motet in Latin for e churches and court chapels. During the Renaissance, the use of stringed instruments increased. The instruments included the viols, lutes, cello, and more. The organ and the harpsichord were also played quite often.
Baroque - Baroque music refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. It was known for its grandiose, dramatic, and energetic spirit but also its stylistic diversity. During this period, modes (a set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are composed) were changed to Major and Minor keys. Also during this time, the orchestra was invented and opera started. Popular instruments played during this time include the woodwind valveless horn trumpets and the timpani.
Rococo  - The transitional, 25-year period between the baroque and classical periods is known as Rococo. The term, Rococo comes from French architecture. It’s used to describe a simpler method of decoration, a relaxation of the rules. The musical tastes of Europe had shifted to simpler styles; singable melodies, supporting accompaniment, and regular phrase lengths.

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Square Piano made by Johannes Zumpe in 1767

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The strings of the square piano run horizontally from side to side. The earliest square pianos were hard to keep in tune, but engineering improvements and the introduction of metal frames stabilized the case. The span of the piano gradually grew from the original five octaves but later reached the 88-key (8 1/4 octaves) of modern pianos. The soundboard also grew in size, and late square pianos were often longer than 6 feet (1.8 m) and heavier than most grand pianos.

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Because pianos were mass-produced, the number of people who played them increased and the song was composed on it also. But with mass production, small businesses were being put out of business because they were no longer handmade. Pianos were being found in the household more often and the way they were being constructed was changing. Antonio de Torres impacted the guitar history by changing the shape and style of the guitar into the modern acoustic guitar we use today.