4. Discuss the characteristics of the so-called style galant with appropriate musical examples. In the common practice of Western classical music‚ there are four periods‚ Baroque‚ Classical‚ Romantic and 20th century and modern. Music is classified into different periods because of their different music style. In the Classical period‚ one of the most significant music styles was style galant‚ which will be discussed below. During the third quarter of the 18th century‚ style galant become a
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Composers report Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a Baroque composer born in 1678 in Venice‚ Italy. He is known as one of the most virtuous violinist and is recognized as one of the best Baroque composers. His parents were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio‚ and he had eight siblings. Moreover‚ his father was a barber and then start playing the violin and become a violinist‚ teaching later his son how to play the instrument. One of his best and known work is a series of violin concertos
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During the baroque era‚ there were many prominent new artists‚ one of the most famous was a Venetian composer by the name of Antonio Vivaldi. He was very important during the baroque ear due to his mastery of the Italian concerto and his involvement in operas. Vivaldi remains relevant in modern times as the concerto is still a hugely popular genre for composers. A concerto refers to an instrumental work written specifically for a soloist or multiple soloists and a large ensemble. Vivaldi was born
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or scales. The rise or development of polyphony came about during the Renaissance period; the Council of Trent wanted polyphonic church music to be created and Palestrina composed the Pope Marcellus Mass‚ a six part vocal polyphonic song. In the Baroque period religious war broke out between Protestants vs. Catholics; these wars effected music and led to music having regular rhythms and continuous melodic expansion. By this time musical development has changed from having the Catholic church being
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Chao Yao Music 1100-005 Messiah--Hallelujah: This music was composed by George Frederic Handel in 1741‚ and the scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jenney in English. Handel (1685-1759) was one of the music giants in the Baroque time. He mainly lived in England and was famous for his compositions of Italian operas‚ especially for oratorios. Messiah was his sixth work of oratorio. Although its structure resembles that of conventional opera‚ it is not in dramatic form; there are no impersonations
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middle Baroque‚ the late Baroque / early Classical‚ and Classical eras. The middle Baroque can be described as a time of developing and standardizing musical forms‚ styles‚ and conventions‚ and then obeying those conventions in the creation of new music. The second era found the undoing of these conventions in two important areas‚ prompting the end of the Baroque and beginning of the Classical era. The final era describes a period of newer conventions‚ built from the changes presented to Baroque music
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consider that it may become intellectually limiting if merely accepted and not challenged . 1 The period in Western music extending approximatel y from the year 1600 to the year 1750 has‚ in hindsight‚ been dubbed the ‘Baroque Era’ by music historians. 2 The word ‘baroque’ s tems from the Portuguese word barroco‚ which translates into English as ‘misshapen pearl’. In this way‚ the term was used as a negative description of the ornate and heavil y ornamented st yle of the period. The apparent
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Trey Smagur Smagur 1 28 November 2009 Dr. Frederick Tarrant Music History: Baroque to Romantic Practical Similarities and Differences of Stile Antico and Stile Moderno When the general public thinks of Baroque music‚ they might think of the High Court sounding French concerto‚ or one of Bach’s many and well-known fugues. These highly structured pieces with their vigorous counterpoint and technical brilliance might be considered “tight” and “incredibly mechanical.” However‚ these pieces
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Set in D major with a duple meter‚ traditional ricerare-type alla breve fugue‚ with a step by step ascending and descending repeated note pattern‚ the movement has a Baroque like nature within its ornate‚ chant-like‚ modal‚ conjunct‚ harmonic and tonal characteristics. Strangely‚ “Gratias agimus tibi” does not document any sort of dynamic qualities; therefore‚ Bach has left the dynamics up to the performers to differentiate their parts in a way that reflects both the music and its text. Much of the
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especially after being refined by Haydn‚ Mozart‚ and Beethoven. After 1765‚ the string quartet began to increasingly dominate the chamber music field. Unlike the concertos of the baroque period‚ the classic era mainly emphasized the solo concerto. The choice of solo instrument‚ however‚ was somewhat broader then in the baroque era. There was more of a trend during the classical period towards keyboard concertos. This style was originated in North Germany‚ by C.P.E. Bach‚ and gradually
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