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Baroque 1600-1750 • 13 colonies were formed • Galileo, Newton discovering new ways to explain the universe • New rule of fancy decorations in music, art, architecture, fashion, • Men and woman wore wigs, coats with lace • Buildings were trimmed with decorations What was happening? • J.S Bach reacted to all the fancy decorations of the time and added them into his music…..layering melodies and making them complex with fast moving notes and trills • Composers starting to add dynamics and tempo markings • Improvisation became common, even in church • Music used to express emotions such as joy and anger Baroque Music • Were employed by church and the wealthy class…patronage system • Wealthy person or patron paid the composer to write a piece of music (they decide) • Composers were limited in the freedom of writing Baroque Composers • The birth of Opera • First opera was Orfeo, by Claudio Monteverdi • Opera combines music, acting, scenery, costumes, and props Vocal Music • Became as important as vocal music • Instruments were flute, oboe, basson, trombone, valveless trumpets and horns, harpsichord and organ • Recorders became less popular • Viols replaced with violins, violas, cellos • Timpani was used in serious music Instrumental music • Contained several contrasting movements or sections, for example, Concerto grosso • Concerto Grossos were written for a group of solo instruments and orchestra with typically 3 movements (fast-slow-fast) Instrumental Scores • Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Pachelbel, George Frideric Handel, J.S. Bach Baroque Composers
