The purpose of music has changed throughout time. From assertion to power, money, pleasure or for dancing, there are several purposes music had in the past.
Louis XIV and the assertion of power lead to Louis XIV wanting the best of everything including music and dancing. Here’s a picture of him https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL1JdyMBWQkisSIztHwdN_JRvA4QLPG-wDzHjFt2ymSqO2CbPXdoUBAcH8PVSnMPX9Bk3_U9hLLJY9S99L56Ptjv2gj9RQppGvl2tHFGObOCO1M1dxU2v-idpvqike0wRxShMt3g-JZ0M/s320/300px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg
One purpose of music was the worship of God. Bach’s St Matthew Passion was a performance for Good Friday in Leipzig. Here’s a clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LLFfFXaUA
Another performance that’s purpose was for the worship of God was Messiah by Handel performed in 1742 seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnHksDFHTQI
Another purpose was the new ideals from the movement of Romanticism. Beethoven led this with the new ideas of music having a complete absence from God. This is shown in Beethoven’s third symphony Eroica, symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major. Here’s a clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I.
Jazz and romanticism was a spontaneous, improvisatory, and individual type of music started after World War II. A great example of this is John Coltrane playing A Love Supreme composed in 1964. The purpose of this song was self-expression and talked about addiction. Here’s a clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92T4DQqQApE
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