CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Music of any period reflects‚ in its own way‚ some of the same influences‚ tendencies‚ and generative impulses that are found in the other arts of that time (Donna‚ 2005). Thus the word "baroque‚" usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries‚ came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann
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The Baroque Period The Baroque Period The Baroque term comes from the Portuguese word barroco‚ which means misshapen pearl Jean-Jacques Rousseau defined baroque music as that in which the harmony is confused‚ charged with modulations and dissonances‚ the melody is harsh and little natural‚ the intonation difficult‚ and the movement constrained. The Baroque period was highly decorated and it reflects on the elaborate nature and complexity of the music compositions. Others have likened Baroque
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Comparative essay between the social significances of Louis xiv and Louis xvi Submitted by: - Avaljot Kaur Randhawa Submitted to: -Ms. Finn Course code: -CHY 4U7 Due date: -6th Oct‚ 2014 Introduction Louis xiv and Louis xvi were the two rulers of France. Louis XIV (1638-1715) exemplified the characteristics of absolute monarchy during his 72-year reign. He created the most centralized nation state in Europe and gave birth to a new sense
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Introduction Renaissance‚ literally‚ means rebirth; it is an era that began in 1400’s and ended in 1600 and its school of thought dramatically shifted from religious and mystical ideals to a focus to human interactions. It is worthy and important to understand the changes from the transition of musical period‚ because they mark and shape the music industry that stands now. For instance‚ opera was in its infancy when Giulio Caccini (1551-1681) started writing the first opera and now operas can be
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Intro -"Judge me for my own merits‚ or lack of them‚ but do not look upon me as a mere appendage to this great general or that great scholar. I am in my own right a whole person‚ responsible to myself alone for all that I am‚ all that I say‚ all that I do. When I add the sum total of my graces‚ I confess I am inferior to no one." Mme du Châtelet to Frederick the Great of Prussia; The Divine Mistress‚ (Oregon 1). This was the philosophy of the rational‚ yet lavish‚ the disciplined‚ yet reckless
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Throughout history‚ music has mirrored society’s beliefs and values. This is most notable during the shift from the Baroque to the Classical era in Western Europe. This was a time of revolution‚ ingenuity‚ and enlightenment. During the Eighteenth Century and the beginning of the Nineteenth Century‚ an exceptional amount of social‚ political‚ religious‚ and musical change occurred. This was the time leading up to the French Revolution‚ which had everyone considering that the sociopolitical values
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contrast of mood; throughout the three movements there are countless mood changes as a result of the sonata and rondo forms and the use of minuet and trio. Also the heavy use of the piano was popular in the classical period while it replaced the harpsichord that was mainly used in the Baroque period of 1600 to 1750. The first day that I decided to listen to the full piece was November 9nth‚ at 8:03pm. In my listening diary I wrote that I liked the rapid flow the piece had in the beginning. Although
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C.P.E. Bach’s keyboard concerti contain some brilliant soloistic writing. Some of them have movements that run into one another without a break‚ and there are frequent cross-movement thematic references. Mozart‚ as a boy‚ made arrangements for harpsichord and orchestra of three sonata movements by Johann Christian Bach. By the time he was twenty‚ Mozart was able to write concerto ritornelli that gave the orchestra admirable opportunity for asserting its character in an exposition with some five or
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The History of Western Music Music has been around since the dawn of time‚ ever since man first inhabited this planet we have learned to communicate in ways other then conventional speaking. Different Cultures all have there own specific way of communicating through music. Music is basically broken into two specific groups Eastern Music and Western Music. Eastern music is mainly derived from the orient and India. While‚ Western music first emerged from Europe. Western music has developed
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