markham woods middle music history part 2 the baroque period
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Baroque Period: Time Span
• 1600 – 1750• Derived from a Portuguese word
meaning “Oddly Shaped Pear”• Baroque Music:
– Highly Ornate, Lavishly Texturized, Very Intense
– Contrasting Volumes, Varied Tempi, More Artistic Freedom
Baroque Period: The Music
• What’s New?– Opera
• A drama with intense vocal music and instrumental accompaniment
• Originated in Italy
– England – Masque• Opera performed privately for royalty only
– Comic Opera• Created as a parody to generate humor
Baroque Period: The Music
• Orchestra– Mainly string instruments– Wind instruments doubled parts
• List of instrument later in this section
– Solo Concerto towards end of period• Solo instrument with orchestra
accompaniment
Baroque Period: The Music
• Fugue– Monothematic melody restated by different
instruments• Variation
– Melody played 1st time and repeated in a more ornamental form
• Chorale Prelude– Mainly composed for church– Slow melody with fast moving accompaniment
• Dance Suite– Moderate speed for dancing with repeated
melody
Baroque Period: The Composers
• Johann Sebastian Bach– Church Organist– Composer: Organ Music– Music Family
• 20 Children– CPE Bach
– Wilhelm F Bach
• “Fugue In G Minor”• “Brandenburg Concerto”
Baroque Period: The Composers
• Antonio Vivaldi– Ospendale della Pietà Director of Music– Master of melodic invention– 350 Concertos (2/3 for violin) v
• The Four Seasons: Winter
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