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Baroque

  • exaggerated, abnormal, or bizarre

scrolls in architecture

Baroque Compositions (continued)

  • Early - polyphony; late - homophony
  • Florentine Camerata: group dedicate to reviving ancient Greece musical tradition
  • Homophony!
  • Led to opera!

Baroque Composers

  • G.F. Handel
  • J.S. Bach
  • Purcell
  • Vivaldi

Supported by

  • monarchy
  • middle class

Music performed at

  • courts
  • public concert halls

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  • Diatonic (chromaticism for emotion)
  • Early - free rhythms; late - vigorous rhythms
  • Doctrine of Affections
  • Union of text and music
  • One emotion throughout work

Listening Quiz

  • Virtuosos
  • Remarkable skill on instrument
  • Improvements to instruments
  • Much attention given to instrumental music

Baroque Compositions

Examples of Elaboration

  • Figured bass

Baroque

  • Artwork

Renaissance

Baroque Orchestra

  • Religious wars

(Protestants vs. Catholics)

  • Exploration and colonization of New World
  • Absolute monarchy
  • Rise of middle-class culture
  • Music-making centered in the home

Key Points

Baroque Era - 1600-1750

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