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Bravo Assembly
Bach to Baroque
Times
A Class Act Presentation
by
Mr. Anderson’s Class
The
Baroque Period
1600 - 1750
A Few
Baroque
Composers
J. S. BACH
 German Composer
 Lived 1685-1750
 Excellent Musician
 Organist
 Composed for
 Church
 Court
Henry PURCELL
• English Composer
• Lived 1659 - 1695
• Famous Operas.
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Dido & Annias,
King Arthur,
The Fairy Queen,
The Tempest, etc.
• Sonata of III Parts
George Frederic
HANDEL
• German Born
• Lived 1685 - 1759
• Found Fame in
England
• Most Famous Pieces
• Messiah,
• Water Music.
Antonio VIVALDI
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Italian Composer
Lived 1678 - 1741
Extremely Productive
Elaborate Music
• Rhythmic
• Melodic
A Few
Baroque Artists
Gian Lorenzo BERNINI
• Italian artist
• Painter
• Sculptor
• Lived 1598 - 1680
• Some Famous Works
• Fountain of the Four
Rivers
• The Ecstasy of St.Therese
Michelangelo
CARAVAGGIO
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Italian Painter
Lived 1571 - 1610
Religious Subjects
Famous Works
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The Entombment,
John the Baptist,
The Tooth Drawer,
Still (Shown Here) and
• Adoration of Shepherds.
Jan VERMEER
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Dutch Painter
Lived 1632 - 1675
Lived in Delft, Holland
Painted His World
Famous Paintings
• The Artist and His Painting
• Young Woman with a
Water Jug,
• The Milkmaid,
• The View of Delft
REMBRANDT
Van Rijn
 Dutch Painter
 Lived 1606 - 1669
 Prolific Artist
 1400+ Sketches
 600+ Paintings
 Painted many self
portraits
Some Other
People & Events
Some Baroque People
Sir IsaacGalilei
Galileo
Newton
• Scientist & Inventor
Mathematician
• Telescope
• Thermometer
Laws of Motion
• Invented Calculus
More Baroque People
• Rene Descartes
• Evangelista
• Mathematician &
Torricelli
Scientist
• Scientist &
• Father Modern
Mathematician
Philosophy
• Inventor of the
Barometer
Some Baroque Events
 Thirty Years war
(1618-1648)
 Jamestown
(1609)
 Pilgrims Land at
Plymouth Rock
(1620)
 Original 13
Colonies Founded