BAROQUE ERA
1600-1750
THE BAROQUE ERA WAS A TIME OF FLOWERY, EMOTIONAL ART AND
MUSIC
Baroque means –ornamented or highly decorated
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
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.
ORATORIOS ARE PIECES FOR SOLO SINGERS, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA,
USUALLY WITH WORDS TAKEN FROM THE BIBLE.
JOHANN SEBASTION BACH, ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS OF ALL
TIME, LIVED DURING THIS TIME.
BACH WAS A CHURCH ORGANIST. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS PIECES IS
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