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MUSIC IN THE 1600 1750 The Renaissance period ushered in th e rebirth and rediscovery of the arts such as music painting sculpture and poetry and also saw the beginning of some scientific dis. THE BAROQUE PERIOD. Notable Baroque Composers. Bach. Telemann. Handel. Purcell. Vivaldi. Scarlatti. Monteverdi. Gabrieli. Couperin. Who?. The Baroque period time frame generally is thought to be the 150 year period between 1600 and 1750. Most scholars agree that the classical period begins after Bach’s death in 1750. One of the first major Baroque works was . ROCOCO. Week 14 . After a Renaissance period, the architects of the era started to get bored with the symmetry and same old forms they had been using for the last 200 years. Two main architects were . An era of new ideas and innovations in the arts, literature and philosophy. Italy led the way in new ideas and fashion. Baroque. comes from . Barocco. = . P. ortuguese for ‘pearl’ . Most famous baroque composers were. 1600-1750. 3 phases:. Early. (1600-1640)- favored homophonic texture (one main melody). Middle. (1640-1680)- importance of instrumental music (violin family most popular). Late. (1680-1750)- best music known today comes from this period. Baroque and Rococo Period. 1600-1750. In history:. Discovery of the telescope by Galileo. Founding of Jamestown settlement in America. Absolute rule by Louis XIV, XV of France. Attempt by pope to make the Catholic religion more popular. Introduction to . visual. art. KET Baroque Article Questions. What are the characteristics of the Baroque period identified at the beginning of your reading. ?. The reading states “the Baroque period reflected the turmoil of the time.” Describe at least two events causing this “turmoil”.. Ballet . at the end of the 1600s . in France. France was the center of the arts, leader of fashion, and standard for culture. Court extravaganzas . features famous performers, poetry, song, dance, music and lavish costumes . Counterpoint. . Type . of compositional technique in which . two melodies combine to create the harmony. , instead of one harmony and chords to accompany it.. . Short example of "Third Species" counterpoint ( play MIDI . 1600-1750. Baroque Era. Baroque is a term generally used by music historians to describe a broad range of musical styles in a large geographic area covering much of Europe and lasting for about 150 years between 1600-1750. Music Era Timeline. The Baroque Period. Started around 1600 and ended around 1750. Gave a more refined style of music than the Renaissance period.. Started because music was developing into something new.. Chapter 15. After the Renaissance . . . . By 1530 Raphael & . DaVinci. are dead and Michelangelo returns to Florence leaving Rome in the hands of a new generation of talented artists. But they realized they couldn’t just repeat what the great masters of the Renaissance did. . visual. art. KET Baroque Article Questions. What are the characteristics of the Baroque period identified at the beginning of your reading. ?. The reading states “the Baroque period reflected the turmoil of the time.” Describe at least two events causing this “turmoil”.. Baroque. Scientific Discovery. Galileo. Newton. Giant Composers . J. S. Bach. Handel. Baroque: Three Periods. early:. opera. homophonic texture. middle:. instrumental music. late:. polyphony. Characteristics of Baroque Music.  Baroque that was primarily associated with the religious tensions within Western Christianity: division on Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. In response to the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteen century, the Roman Catholic Church had embarked in the 1550s on a program of renewal known as the Counter - Reformation. As part of the program, the Catholic Church used art of the magnificent display for the campaign. It was intended to be both doctrinally correct and visually and emotionally appealing so that it could influence the largest possible audience..