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The Baroque
Period
•1600-1750
Baroque means ornamented
or highly decorated.
The
Martyrdom
of
St. Teresa
Difference Between Renaissance and
Baroque
Caravaggio’s David
The Reformation and
Counter-Reformation
The entire 17th Century was a great big
publicity war put on between the Catholic and
protestant churches, each side vying to attract
more customers--sort of like Coke and Pepsi
do today--by spending tons of money on rock
stars and pop-concerts—I mean on musicians
and church-concerts.
Each side was trying to convince the
consumers that they were the best and only
church from which to gain salvation.
Baroque Advertising Strategies
• In addition, both churches needed to
emotionally connect with the people.
• Therefore, an appeal to emotions through
ornate magnificence seemed to be the best
option.
• They didn’t want to warn customers, like
the medieval philosophy. They wanted to
appeal to customers.
• Hence, we come to the word “Baroque.”
Plymouth
Colony
1607
Baroque Music
• Like painters of Baroque, musicians of the
Baroque style welcomed the strange,
luscious, ornate, and emotionally appealing.
How Music Was Changed
• Before Baroque
– Music was composed in a
general sense, to be played
by any instrument, or sung
by anyone.
– Instruments were designed
for only one key. They had
to be retuned for a musical
piece in a different key.
• During and After Baroque
– Music was composed for
specific instruments, and for
specific types of voices
(alto vs. soprano).
– Musical instruments were
redesigned to play in
multiple keys, to
accommodate the need for
musical exploration.
WORD
PAINTING WAS
A BIG PART OF
THE BAROQUE
ERA
WORD PAINTING IS
WHEN COMPOSERS
CREATE A VISUAL
PICTURE THROUGH
SOUND
MUSICIANS OF THE TIME
WORKED IN:
A NOBLE COURT
RICH PERSONS HOUSE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
VIVALDI WAS ONE OF THE
MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS OF
THIS TIME PERIOD
COMPOSING OVER 500
PIECES
Antonio Vivaldi
• Antonio Vivaldi was born
on March 4, 1678 in
Venice, Italy.
• Vivaldi was a violinist and
composer who also
became a priest in 1703.
He was known as the "Red
Priest" because of his red
hair.
• He wrote hundreds of
concertos, chamber works
and operas in the Baroque
style.
HE WROTE MANY
CONCERTOS WHICH IS A
PIECE FOR ORCHESTRA AND
A SOLO INSTRUMENT
CONCERTOS HAVE A
FORM THAT CONSISTS
OF THREE
MOVEMENTS:
FAST-SLOW-FAST
HANDEL WAS ANOTHER
COMPOSER DURING THIS
TIME. HE WROTE SEVERAL
OPERAS AND ORATORIOS.
George Fridric Handel
Born: 1685
Died: 1759
Wrote:
Water Music
Royal Fireworks
Music
The Messiah
ORATORIOS ARE PIECES FOR
SOLO SINGERS, CHORUS,
AND ORCHESTRA, USUALLY
WITH WORDS TAKEN FROM
THE BIBLE.
Musical Instruments
orchestra (string section)
harpsichord
organ
piano
Orchestra
Mainly strings
A few brass instruments
trumpet
trombone
A few woodwind instruments
flute
Harpsichord
frequently
heavily
decorated
one dynamic
level
The strings on a harpsichord are
plucked, not hit.
Organ
a bellows
blows air
through
pipes of
various sizes
keyboard colors are reversed
often two keyboards
JOHANN SEBASTION
BACH, ONE OF THE
GREATEST
COMPOSERS OF ALL
TIME, LIVED DURING
THIS TIME.
Born: 1685
Died: 1750
Wrote:
cantatas
concertos
Johann
Sebastian
Bach
BACH WAS A CHURCH
ORGANIST. ONE OF HIS
MOST FAMOUS PIECES
IS THE TOCCATA AND
FUGUE IN D MINOR.
fugue Polyphonic form
popular in the Baroque era
in which one or more
themes are developed by
imitative counterpoint.
WHEN BACH
DIED IN 1750 SO
DID THE
BAROQUE
PERIOD