Musical Geniuses of the Baroque and Classical Eras
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Musicians CCHS Academic Team
Baroque Period – 1600’s into 1700’s • Highly complex, ornate music • Often very fast, rapid changes of key and meter. • Claudio Monteverdi • Johnan Pachelbel • Antonio Vivaldi • George Frideric Handel • J.S. Bach • Henry Purcell
Antonio Vivaldi1678-1741 • Italian Baroque composer & violinist • Ordained as a priest • “The Red Priest” • The Four Seasons (Violin Concertos)
Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750 • Baroque composer & organist • His children were also musicians • Goldberg Variations • Brandenberg Concertos • Mass in B Minor • The Well-Tempered Clavier • The Art of Fugue • St. Matthew Passion
George Frideric Handel1685-1759 • Baroque composer • Born in Germany; moved to England • King of England: George I/George II • Music for the Royal Fireworks • Water Music • Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus) – Oratorio (large musical composition for orchestra, choir, soloists) • Zadok the Priest (played at coronations)
Classical Period (1750-1830) • Lighter, clearer texture than Baroque. • Less complex than Baroque • Standardization of orchestra • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Joseph Haydn • Ludwig von Beethoven (sorta) • Nicolo Paganini
Joseph Haydn1732-1809 • Classical Austrian composer • “Father of the Symphony” • Friend of Mozart, teacher of Beethoven • Lived in Vienna, traveled to London • Oratorios: The Seasons, Creation • Over 100 Symphonies!!! • Surprise Symphony (No. 94) • London Symphony • Clock Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791 • German/Austrian Classical composer • Child prodigy… traveled and performed • Most famously lived in Vienna • Friend of Haydn • “A Little Night Music” (EineKleineNachtmusik) • Opera: The Magic Flute • Opera: Don Giovanni • Opera: Marriage of Figaro • Jupiter Symphony (No. 41) • Requiem: Unfinished
Ludwig von Beethoven1770-1827 • German composer and pianist • Classical/Romantic transition era • Moved to Vienna in 1792. Studied with Haydn • Hearing loss – almost deaf by end of life • Third Symphony – Eroica (Napoleon) • Only opera: Fidelio • Famed Ninth Symphony • Kreutzer Sonata • Moonlight Sonata