The Baroque Period 1600 1750 Baroque means ornamented

The Baroque Period • 1600 -1750

Baroque means ornamented or highly decorated.

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Difference Between Renaissance and Baroque Caravaggio’s David

The Reformation and Counter-Reformation The entire 17 th Century was a great big publicity war put on between the Catholic and protestant churches, each side vying to attract more customers--sort of like Coke and Pepsi do today--by spending tons of money on rock stars and pop-concerts—I mean on musicians and church-concerts. Each side was trying to convince the consumers that they were the best and only church from which to gain salvation.

Baroque Advertising Strategies • In addition, both churches needed to emotionally connect with the people. • Therefore, an appeal to emotions through ornate magnificence seemed to be the best option. • They didn’t want to warn customers, like the medieval philosophy. They wanted to appeal to customers. • Hence, we come to the word “Baroque. ”

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Baroque Music • Like painters of Baroque, musicians of the Baroque style welcomed the strange, luscious, ornate, and emotionally appealing.

How Music Was Changed • Before Baroque – Music was composed in a general sense, to be played by any instrument, or sung by anyone. – Instruments were designed for only one key. They had to be retuned for a musical piece in a different key. • During and After Baroque – Music was composed for specific instruments, and for specific types of voices (alto vs. soprano). – Musical instruments were redesigned to play in multiple keys, to accommodate the need for musical exploration.

WORD PAINTING WAS A BIG PART OF THE BAROQUE ERA

WORD PAINTING IS WHEN COMPOSERS CREATE A VISUAL PICTURE THROUGH SOUND

MUSICIANS OF THE TIME WORKED IN: A NOBLE COURT RICH PERSONS HOUSE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

VIVALDI WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS OF THIS TIME PERIOD COMPOSING OVER 500 PIECES

Antonio Vivaldi • Antonio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678 in Venice, Italy. • Vivaldi was a violinist and composer who also became a priest in 1703. He was known as the "Red Priest" because of his red hair. • He wrote hundreds of concertos, chamber works and operas in the Baroque style.

HE WROTE MANY CONCERTOS WHICH IS A PIECE FOR ORCHESTRA AND A SOLO INSTRUMENT

CONCERTOS HAVE A FORM THAT CONSISTS OF THREE MOVEMENTS: FAST-SLOW-FAST

HANDEL WAS ANOTHER COMPOSER DURING THIS TIME. HE WROTE SEVERAL OPERAS AND ORATORIOS.

George Fridric Handel Born: 1685 Died: 1759 Wrote: Water Music Royal Fireworks Music The Messiah

ORATORIOS ARE PIECES FOR SOLO SINGERS, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA, USUALLY WITH WORDS TAKEN FROM THE BIBLE.

Musical Instruments orchestra (string section) harpsichord organ piano

Orchestra Mainly strings A few brass instruments trumpet trombone A few woodwind instruments flute

Harpsichord frequently heavily decorated one dynamic level

The strings on a harpsichord are plucked, not hit.

Organ a bellows blows air through pipes of various sizes

keyboard colors are reversed often two keyboards

JOHANN SEBASTION BACH, ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS OF ALL TIME, LIVED DURING THIS TIME.

Born: 1685 Died: 1750 Wrote: cantatas concertos Johann Sebastian Bach

BACH WAS A CHURCH ORGANIST. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS PIECES IS THE TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR.

fugue Polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era in which one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint.

WHEN BACH DIED IN 1750 SO DID THE BAROQUE PERIOD