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Baroque Period

Baroque Period. 1600-1750. What Does Baroque Mean?. From Portuguese – Barroco Extravagantly Ornate Fancy Florid. Baroque Background. 13 American Colonies. East India Trading Company. The Mayflower. Baroque Art. The Doctrine of Affections. Music Brings On Emotions:.

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Baroque Period

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  1. Baroque Period 1600-1750

  2. What Does Baroque Mean? • From Portuguese – Barroco • Extravagantly Ornate • Fancy • Florid

  3. Baroque Background • 13 American Colonies • East India Trading Company • The Mayflower

  4. Baroque Art

  5. The Doctrine of Affections • Music Brings On Emotions:

  6. Baroque Musical Style • Combination of Old and New • Basso Continuo • Chords, Dissonance, and Chromaticism

  7. Baroque Musical Style • Regular / Flexible Rhythm • Improvisation during Performance • Modal & Tonal

  8. Background: Opera • Forerunners: • Greek Plays • Renaissance Plays • Madrigal Cycles

  9. Early Opera • Recitative • Monteverdi

  10. Developments in Opera • Venice • Public Opera House • More Solo Singing • Less Instruments • Teatro San Cassiano

  11. George Frideric Handel • Giulio Cesare Act II, scenes 1 and 2 • Aria • No Chorus Singing

  12. English Opera • Influenced by Handel • Henry Purcell • Dido and Aeneas

  13. Baroque Instrumental Music • Sonata • ABA FORM • Exposition • Development • Recapitulation • Arcangelo Corelli • Corelli’s Style • Trio Sonata, Op 3, No. 2

  14. Baroque Instrumental Music • Concerto • Solo Instrument with Orchestra • Vivaldi • Violin Concerto in a minor • 1680

  15. Baroque Instrumental Music • Suite • Set of pieces put together in one work • Many composers • France, England and Germany Suite for brass trio by Handel

  16. German Suite • Differences from English and French • Composer: • Dietrich Buxtehude • Praeludium in E Major, Bux WV 141

  17. Johaan Sebastian Bach • Life • 1685-1750 • Parents • Ambrose • Maria • Family wereall musicians

  18. Johaan Sebastian Bach • Church Organist and Choir Director in Leipzig, Germany • Wrote For: • Organ • Harpsichord • Orchestra • Cantatas

  19. Johaan Sebastian Bach • Prelude and Fugue Prelude – the main musicalidea of a piece of music. Presented first. Fugue – the development of that musical idea. Usually very complicated. Presented immediately following the Prelude • Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in A minor

  20. Baroque Literature Shakespeare Milton Cervantes

  21. French Opera • Based in tradition • Jean-Baptiste Lully • Armide

  22. Baroque Sciences • Francis Bacon • Scientific Method • Galileo Galilei • Famous Astronomer • Isaac Newton • Famous Physicist

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