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 Some of you have still not turned in the Ukraine
Burning worksheet and sections 3 & 4 of chapter 7
 The LGO 7 is due Friday (or before)
 You will have 10 minutes to complete the “Other
Baroque Artists” worksheet before we begin Music and
Dance notes
Bach and Handel
 Like in visual arts, emotion was very important
 Most patrons were nobles from state or church
 Musicians saw themselves as employees rather
than artists and created on demand
 Music specific to the occasion
 Little thought of preservation of music
 Court organist in Weimar
 Composed the great toccatas, fugues, and works for organ
 Chapel master to the prince of Anhalt
 Famous Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites
 1723 became cantor of St. Thomas’ Church in Leipzig
 Weekly church cantatas
 Passion music for Good Friday
 Festive music for major events
 Fugue – one-movement composition/uses imitative
counterpoint
 Composed music mostly for the public
 Known for genre known as oratorio (composed music
with vocals)
 His most famous told the life of Jesus (Messiah)
 Known as a brilliant organist
 Collapsed at the end of a performance of Messiah and
died 3 days later
Ballet – The Beginnings
 Grew from court dance of Renaissance
 Dance masters became a necessity – nobles studied
with dance masters
 Masters started to use rehearsals
 Dance manuals became common – taught both dance
and social ettiquette
Given some credit for beginnings of ballet in France
1533 – married King Henry II
She was Italian = French did not like Italy
She brought Italian dance master Balthasar de Beaujoyeaux
– duties of court entertainment
 1581 – Balthasar created Ballet Comique de la Reine (the
Queen’s Comic Ballet)
 Included: large sets, songs, poetry, and prose – performed
by court nobles
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 Continued the French tradition of Ballet
 “The Sun King” – performed role of Apollo in Ballet de
la Nuit (Ballet of the Night) in 1653
 1661 – established Academie Royale de la Danse (Royal
Academy of Dance) – aided in professionalization of
the art of ballet
 Pierre Beauchamp – king’s ballet master – developed ballet
terminology and technique
 He created 5 positions for the feet and concept of dancing
with “turned out” legs
 Ballet no longer function of court – moved from palace to
theatre
 First female dancers to professionally perform appeared in
1681 in Le Triomphe de l’Amour (The Triumph of Love)
 Baroque art and architecture worksheet
 Rembrandt PBS video notes w/ summary
 Baroque art power point w/ summary
 Baroque music and dance PowerPoint w/ summary
 Baroque music listening notes (tomorrow)