• What Changes Occurred During The Baroque Period?

Baroque period started right after the Renaissance era, time of exploring and trying new world ideas. Baroque period was established in 1600 C.E to 1750 C.E. The word “baroque” came from the Portuguese word barroco. This was the time there was improvement in technology, instruments, development of opera, rise of string section, and when people started to pay attention to base lines. During baroque period there was a religious war that happened. Roman Catholics lost some power so the monarchy got to gain some of that power. Catholic Church had a split due to Martin Luther. Martin Luther started the protestant reformation. The first protestant church created was called the Lutheran church. The reason why Martin Luther split up the catholic power
to 1825 C.E. Classical period made changes in political system and social order. There were two revolutions that happened, American Revolution (1775-83) and French Revolution (1789-99). This time period was known for art as communication, duet, age of formalizing music, and harmony. It was a time when inventions changed people’s lives, gave jobs, and more power. An era, people started to see professional opera singers, ballet dancers, and solo performers. A time there was an advance in science and ideas. A time people thought of the idea of making money. There were four instrumental families during this period string, woodwinds, brass, and timpani. The heart of the orchestra was the string family. Woodwinds were used to add color and to assist the strings. Brass focused on the harmony part of the music while timpani gave a rhythmic feel and energy. Symphony has four movements for orchestra; each movement has its own form. Hydn was the father of the symphony. He was a famous cord composer. He made his living by writing music so he wasn’t always writing what he wanted. He wrote music for specific events such as dancing ballroom, basically music for the royal family. Mozart was another classical composer. He was known for opera. He was a prodigy, he hated ballroom music. He was someone who was able to play harpsichord upside down. Monarchy had the power to control what Hydn and Mozart wrote. Schubert was another composer who was famous for writing classical songs. His songs contain lieder which is a German art song for solo voice and piano. His first Viennese school was in Austria. During this time there is chamber music it’s a form of classical music that is played for a small ensemble. String quartets were the most important chamber genre of the era. String quartets use two violins, viola, and cello. Motives were little idea, pattern, or develop motive to build theme. Theme is 16 to 32 measure and motives are found