The Baroque period spanned from 1600 to 1750. The baroque period can be divided into three parts: early (1600-1640)‚ middle (1640-1680)‚ and late (1680-1750). Although today most people recognize the latest part as the baroque music‚ the earliest part was one of the most revolutionary phases in music history. The early baroque composers rejected the polyphony texture of the late Renaissance music and favored homophonic texture. They also focused on harmony rather than the complexity of melodic lines
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a great variety of instrumental music from the Medieval to the late Baroque eras and was the most important instrument for secular music in the Renaissance. What is a harpsichord? Where were these instruments often found? A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill‚ leather‚ or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
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Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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the presentation‚ I think the topic that interested me the most is the Baroque Music. I showed interest in the Baroque Music because I think it is really attention grabbing by how the many musical terms and concepts from that musical era is still used today. I researched more on The Baroque Music era and found out that the Baroque Music was correspondingly the period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion. And the Music also used clear‚ strong‚ details to easily interpret what was used in
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AS Music History Project 4: Baroque ensemble music: 1. What is meant by rondeau form? Discuss its origins and main sections. Why was repetition so important for Baroque composers? Rondeau form is where the opening passage in the tonic key keeps coming back around‚ the most common pattern generally being ABACA. The A section is called the refrain or rondeau and the non-A passages are called episodes or couplets. The rondeau form originated in France‚ and was first the name of a medieval song with
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Baroque Music Opera was the new musical form of the Baroque period and it was very expressive of the baroque cultural values. By then end of the operatic form was stylized into a recipe‚ including improbable plots‚ small motivations for the characters‚ and magical transformations‚ which were signs of opera’s baroque nature. Oprheus united drama‚ dance‚ elaborate stage mechanisms‚ and scenery with music. Johann Sebastian Bach was one artist whose greatest legacy was religious music. His works
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Music throughout the ages has changed dramatically. Starting in the Medieval period‚ from 400-1475‚ music was in the form of what is called the Gregorian chant. Instruments were very rarely used at this time. Since songs during this period were either troubadour or trouvere these chants had no real harmony. One example of this type of medieval composition is "Viderunt Omnes" by Leoninus. Like most Gregorian chants the texture of this piece is monophonic and polyphonic. "Viderunt Omnes" is a
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Baroque music From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia •Jump to: navigation‚ search History of European art music Early Medieval (500 – 1400) Renaissance (1400 – 1600) Common practice Baroque (1600 – 1760) Classical (1730 – 1820) Romantic (1815 – 1910) Modern and contemporary 20th century classical (1900 – 2000) Contemporary classical (1975 – present) Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music
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Baroque music is a heavily ornamented style of music that came out of the Renaissance. The baroque period lasted from 1600 until 1750 . Baroque music has some distinctive features which makes it different than any other style of music. Firstly‚ during the baroque era strings where the main section of the chamber orchestra‚ woodwinds and brass were also used for solo effects. Baroque music has a unique energetic driving rhythm. The rhythm is often short and melodic‚ rhythmic phrases were usual including
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BACKGROUND OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA 1 THE ‘REBIRTH’ OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 3 THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS 4 SACRED AND SECULAR VOCAL GENRES IN THE RENAISSANCE 10 SACRED VOCAL GENRES: 10 SECULAR VOCAL GENRES: 10 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 14 Words and Music 14 Texture 14 Rhythm and Melody 15 RENAISSANCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 16 Recorders and flutes 17 Shawm 17 Dulcian 17 References 18 BACKGROUND OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA
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