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    The Baroque period spanned from 1600-1750 and was known for ornate, grand and flamboyant styles in architecture, painting, and music. It saw the rise of absolute monarchy, opera, and orchestra. Baroque music was characterized by unity of mood, continuity of rhythm, and terraced dynamics. Important vocal forms included opera, cantata, and oratorio. Notable instrumental forms were the concerto grosso and suite. Key composers of the period were Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi, who helped develop opera, oratorio, keyboard works, and the concerto.

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    The Baroque period spanned from 1600-1750 and was known for ornate, grand and flamboyant styles in architecture, painting, and music. It saw the rise of absolute monarchy, opera, and orchestra. Baroque music was characterized by unity of mood, continuity of rhythm, and terraced dynamics. Important vocal forms included opera, cantata, and oratorio. Notable instrumental forms were the concerto grosso and suite. Key composers of the period were Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi, who helped develop opera, oratorio, keyboard works, and the concerto.

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    BAROQUE PERIOD

    ORNAMENTATION AND ELABORATION


    OF ARTS & MUSIC
    BAROQUE
    Period from 1600-1750
    From the Portuguese term
    “BAROCCO” which means
    “ODDLY SHAPED PEARL”
    BAROQUE
    Recognized for ornateness,
    grandeur and flamboyance in
    architecture and painting.
    A term initially used to imply
    strangeness and extravagance.
    BAROQUE

    An era of absolute
    monarchy and aristocracy.
    A period that begins the
    popularity of orchestra and
    opera.
    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
    Puritans reached New England
    (1620)
    Beheading of Charles 1 (1649)
    Restoration of Charles II as King
    of England
    Discovery of the Laws of Motion
    by Sir Isaac Newton
    BAROQUE MUSIC
    CHARACTERISTICS:

    Unity of mood
    Continuity of rhythm
    Continuous and repeated
    melody
    BAROQUE MUSIC
    Terraced dynamics
    - Shifting of the intensity of the
    volume from soft to loud and vice
    versa.
    Birth of “Nuovo Musiche”
    (New Music)
    BAROQUE
    Italian words were used to
    tell how music is to be
    played.
    Homophonic – MONODY
    (One/Solo Song)
    ORGANS and
    HARPSICHORD are the main
    keyboard instruments, VIOLA
    DE GAMBA is for stringed
    instruments.
    …BAROQUE MUSIC
    CAMERATA
    - Italian for “Salon” which
    refers to a group of
    Florentine writers, artists and
    musicians
    CAMERATA
    - They first cultivated the
    monodic style and realized
    that it could also be applied
    to an entire drama which
    later led to OPERA.
    BAROQUE
    VOCAL FORMS
    1. OPERA
    An art where musicians
    perform a dramatic
    composition putting the libretto
    (text) and musical score
    accompanied by orchestra or
    ensemble.
    … OPERA
     Themes are mostly based on
    history and mythology.
     “L’Orfeo” is the first great
    opera by Claudio Monteverdi.
    OPERA
    2. CANTATA

     From the Italian word “cantare”


    which means “sung”
     Is a vocal composition for a
    soloist or choir accompanied
    by instruments.
    … CANTATA
     Themes are based on a
    narrative poem of secular or
    religious, lyrical or dramatic in
    nature.
     “Awake, A Voice is Calling Us”
    by J.S. Bach
    CANTATA
    3. ORATORIO

    A dramatic but unstaged


    telling of a biblical or religious
    story
    Uses no scenery or costumes
    and no dramatic actions
    3. ORATORIO

    Uses a narrator, soloists,


    chorus and an orchestra.
    Usually performed in
    churches and concert
    halls.
    … ORATORIO
     It is meditative rather than
    dramatic in nature that deals
    with a New Testament
    subject but with no plot.
     “Messiah” by G. F. Handel
    ORATOTRIO
    INSTRUMENTAL
    FORMS
    1. CONCERTO
    GROSSO

    Most important
    orchestral music
    in this period.
    ... CONCERTO
    GROSSO
    Consists mainly of string
    instruments with few solo instrument
    (concertino) which plays in
    opposition to the whole orchestra
    called tutti.
    TUTTI – composed of a
    hapsichord as part of the
    basso continuo, another
    stringed instrument.
    ... CONCERTO
    GROSSO
    THREE MOVEMENTS:
    FAST – vigorous and determined
    SLOW – quieter; often lyrical and
    intimate
    FAST – lively and carefree with a
    dance-like character
    “Brandenburg
    Concerto in D Major” by
    J.S. Bach
    2. BAROQUE SUITE

    It is developed by French


    which refers to a group of
    works held together by story,
    mood or idea.
    . . . BAROQUE SUITE

    Others terms are Partita


    (Germany), Overture and
    Sonata de Camara
    . . . BAROQUE SUITE

    “Water Music” by
    Handel
    “Badinerie” from Suite
    No.2 in B Minor by Bach
    MUSICAL
    INSTRUMENTS
    1. TROMPE
    DAPHINE
    2. RECORDER
    3. OBOE
    4. VIOLS AND
    VIOLIN
    (QUEENS OF THE
    INSTRUMENTS
    5. LUTE
    6. HARPSICHORD
    7. CLAVICHORD
    BAROQUE
    COMPOSERS
    1. CLAUDIO GIOVANNI
    ANTONIO MONTEVERDI
    1567-1643
    An Italian composer
    and the most
    important figure
    in the transition from
    Renaissance to
    Baroque music.
    1. CLAUDIO GIOVANNI
    ANTONIO MONTEVERDI

    One of the
    guest
    contributors to
    OPERA.
    1. CLAUDIO GIOVANNI
    ANTONIO MONTEVERDI
    Musical Works:
    L’ORFEO (1607) – first
    modern opera
    ARIANNA (1608) –
    established his reputation as
    an opera composer
    1. CLAUDIO GIOVANNI
    ANTONIO MONTEVERDI
     Only TWO of his opera has
    survived complete form:
     The Return of Ulysses in His
    Homeland (II ritorno d’Ulisse in patira 1641)
    The Coronation of Poppea
    (L’incoronazione di Poppea 1642) – his
    masterpiece
    L’ORFEO
    2. GEORGE FRIDERIC
    HANDEL
    (1685-1759)
    The Master
    of English
    Oratorio and
    Italian Opera
    His “THE
    MESSIAH” was
    his most
    famous English
    oratorio
    Musical Works:
    ALMIRA (1704) – his first
    opera
    AGGRIPINA (1709)
    RINALDO (1711)
    ATHALIA (1733) & SAUL
    (1939) – English Oratorios
    WATERMUSIC and MUSIC
    FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS–
    orchestral music
    “FOR UNTO US A CHILD
    IS BORN”
    3. JOHANN
    SEBASTIAN BACH
    (1685-1750)
    “Composer
    for All
    Seasons”
    Keyboard Virtuoso
    Konzertmeister
    Kappelmeister
    Kantor at the
    Thomasschule
    Musical Works:
    FIRST PERIOD (1703-1708)
    - Arnstadt and Muhlhausen
     “Gottes Zeit A Cantata”
    SECOND PERIOD (1708-1717)
    - Weimar
     “Toccata” &“Fugue in D minor”
    THIRD PERIOD (1717-1723)
    - Anhalt -Cothen
    “Well-Tempered Clavier”
    “Orgebuchlein” (Little Organ Book)
    Six Brandenburg Concertos
    Four Orchestral Suites or Overtures
    French Suites
    FOURTH PERIOD (1723-1745)
    - Leipzig
     “St.John Passion” (1723)
     “St.Matthew Passion” (1729)
     Coffee Cantatas (211)
     Hunting Cantata (208)
     Goldberg Variations
     Magnificat (1723)

    FIFTH PERIOD (1745-1750)


    - Last five years of Bach
     Canonic Variations on a chorale “Von
    Himmel Hoch”
     Musical Offering
     Art of Fugue (1750) - unfinished
    FUGUE IN G MINOR
    4. ANTONIO LUCIO
    VIVALDI
    (1678-1741)

    The “Red-
    Haired
    Composer”
    . . . VIVALDI
    He invented ritornello form
    Musical Works:
    Oratorios: “Moyses Deus
    Pharaonis” ;
    “Juditha triumphans devicta
    Holofernes barbarie”
    . . . VIVALDI

    Operas: “Ottone in villa”;


    Orlando finto pazzo”
    Concertos: “La Concertos
    Primavera” ; “The Four
    Seasons”; “II Favorito”
    THE FOUR SEASONS

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