Classical Era Compare And Contrast

Andre Guedes
Professor Wramage
MU 122
28 November 2015
Compare and Contrast the Baroque and Classical Periods Arguably, two of the best musical periods in music history are the Baroque and Classical Periods. Most well-known composers worldwide lived and composed in these periods. A good example of a Baroque compositor is Johann Sebastian Bach, a very well-known German composer. From the Classical Period, Mozart is arguably the most well-known composer. The Baroque period lasted from about 1600-1750. The Baroque was a revolutionary time for music but also to visual arts, architecture and culture. The era brought about functional tonality, besides that, new instrumental playing techniques were introduced and more elaborated and complicated
On November 9th 1620, the “Mayflower” arrived to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The “Mayflower” arrived to America with one hundred and one colonists, two days later, the “Mayflower Compact” was signed by forty one men. The “Mayflower Compact” established a form of government in which the people that signed it agreed to be ruled by the majority law. Another important event that happened during the Baroque period was the “Salem Witch Trials” in 1692. During a period of hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, one hundred and fifty people were arrested accused of being witches, twenty of them were executed. A few months later, the hysteria was still on but the special court created to trial these people was dissolved and the remaining people were released. (Taylor, Jr.) This event was the basis for the book “The Crucible” by Arthur
One of the revolutions was the American Revolution. The American Revolution started in 1775 with a rebellion in the state of Massachusetts, Governor tried to contain the rebellion but he wasn’t able to do so. Even though in 1782 the United States of America were already recognized by the Dutch, the war only ended about a year later with England surrendering and ceasing fire in America. The French Revolution followed the American Revolution. The French were tired of being ruled by an absolute monarch. France had a costly involvement in the American Revolution. Two decades of bad harvest and cattle disease did not help the economic situation of the country. Besides the economic crisis in the country the King wouldn’t stop spending money on his luxuries, while the commoners barely had anything to eat. In 1789 the revolution started, commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. I would only end in the late 1790’s with the establishment of Republic. Napoleon was the Dictator of the French