Baroque Period 1600 1750 What Does Baroque Mean

Baroque Period 1600 -1750

What Does Baroque Mean? n From Portuguese – Barroco n Extravagantly Ornate n Fancy n Florid

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

Baroque Art

The Doctrine of Affections n Music Brings On Emotions:

Baroque Musical Style n Combination of Old and New n Basso Continuo n Chords, Dissonance, and Chromaticism

Baroque Musical Style n Regular / Flexible Rhythm n Improvisation during Performance n Modal & Tonal

Background: Opera n Forerunners: n Greek Plays n Renaissance Plays n Madrigal Cycles

Early Opera n Recitative n Monteverdi

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

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

English Opera n Influenced by Handel n Henry Purcell n Dido and Aeneas

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

Baroque Instrumental Music n Concerto n Solo Instrument with Orchestra n Vivaldi n Violin Concerto in a minor n 1680

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

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

Johaan Sebastian Bach n Life n 1685 -1750 n Parents n Ambrose n Maria n Family were all musicians

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

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

Baroque Literature Shakespeare Milton Cervantes

French Opera n Based in tradition n Jean-Baptiste Lully n Armide

Baroque Sciences n Francis Bacon n Scientific Method n Galileo Galilei n Famous Astronomer n Isaac Newton n Famous Physicist