PPT-The Baroque Period

16001750 What are We Learning Today History of the Baroque Period Learn about the Baroque Period and its influence on music Learn about Baroque Choral Music Develop our understanding of Opera and Oratorio. 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. Baroque architecture:. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Baroque_Architecture. Baroque orchestral music. Music composed between 1600 (first operas) and 1750 (death of J.S. Bach). Barocca. . (. 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. Have an understanding Concerto. Have looked at the piece ‘Pachelbel's Canon in D’. By the end of this lesson you will:. Last week we began to look at the Baroque orchestra. We will be continuing to look at this and listening to a work which contains the instruments. 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 . 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. 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”.. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi . Antonio Vivaldi . born . in Venice on March 4th, . 1678.. Though not known for certain, the immediate baptism was most likely due either to his poor health or to an earthquake that shook the city that day. 1600-1750. BACH, HANDEL, VIVALDI. CHARACTERISTICS . WHERE. : EUROPE. WHAT INSTRUMENTS WERE POPULAR. : STRINGS INSTRUMENTS, ORGAN, HARPSICHORD. DESCRIBE THE MUSIC. : OPERA, FUGUE, LOTS OF RUNS AND TRILLS, VERY ORNAMENTED. Commonly, all Art music is called “Classical Music,” but properly speaking, the period of Classical music took place: . 1750 . - 1825. J. S. Bach died in 1750. Beethoven died in 1827. A. fter . the Baroque . Presented by Noah Lockette. Musical Words and Phrases. Notation. Mode of scripting music. Tone (tonality). Study of sound and its qualities. Sonata/Opera/. Cantana. /Oratorio/Concerto/Sonatas. Types of musical performances.  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..