The Baroque – Part 3 Handel‚ unlike many other musicians during the Baroque period‚ was not born into a musical family. His parents actually had the wish for him to become a lawyer. Handel becoming a musician means that he had defied his family. Being a musician then as well as in any time-period posed as a profession which was insecure. This would be unless one could find an impressive position in the court or at church. Handel uses choral music to express a conflict through word-painting and
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poverty‚ a series of natural disasters‚ civil war and oppression from Northern Italy the Southern Italians started coming to America in flocks between 1876 and 1976. The most concentrated migrations of Italians happened between 1880 and 1920. Italians came to America not to escape these hardships‚ but to work and send money home to Italy in order to get their families out of poverty. Seventy percent of Italian immigrants were men and less than ten percent of them worked in agriculture‚ a sign that their
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Italian Unification The Italian unification also called the Italian Risorgimento is the series of political and military events that led to a united Italian Peninsula under the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The Italian Unification can be separated into five (5) stages. There was the Pre-Revolutionary‚ Revolutionary‚ Cavour’s Policy and the Role of Sardinia‚ Garibaldi’s Campaign in Southern Italy‚ and the creation of the Italian Kingdom. Before 1850 Italy was divided politically and was a battle ground
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Baroque vs Classical Music form the period of approximately 1600-1750 is usually referred to as “baroque.” This was a time when the doctrine of the “divine right of kings” ensured the absolute rule of “God-chosen” monarchs. During this time‚ Louis XIV became the most powerful and praised monarch in all of European history. Discoveries in science stimulated both technology and philosophy. People began to think about ordinary matters in a new way‚ affected by the newly acquired habits of scientific
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Johanna Sebastian Bach was a composer of the Baroque era‚ the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist‚ organist‚ and expert on organ building. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier‚ the Mass in B Minor‚ and numerous other masterpieces of church and instrumental
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Italian Immigrants During the time period from 1880 to 1920‚ millions of people from around the world made the decision to immigrate to America. Specifically the Italian that immigrated to the United States came from Southern Italy. Roughly 5 million immigrates arrived at Ellis Island during the time period of 1880 to 1920. The original homes of these Southern Italians was economically depressed and predominantly agricultural in comparison to the Northern Italian’s home‚ which were prosperous
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Baroque and Rococo Analysis Joel Hernandez Western Governor’s University Baroque Art Period The Baroque art period was between 1600 and 1700 and originated from the Portuguese. In this period‚ art was expressed in form of sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music whereby different artists were able to use these mentioned form of art to pass on an intended message to the community (Visual Arts‚ 2011). One of the factors that motivated this period of art was the support that it had
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Italy‚ despite its small size‚ is certainly one of the most famous and most popular country in the world. its incredible history‚ its great importance in the art world‚ past and present‚ make this country an extremely attractive place to visit. It is also called "Stivale" for his particular form and the "Bel Paese" because of climate and natural and artistic beauty. In a way‚ we can say that Italy is a perfect place for various kinds of tourists‚ who can enjoy all types of natural environments
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Music in the Baroque Period Music is in everyone’s lives these days. You always see people with headphones in their ears or jamming out in their cars. Many people listen to music in the privacy of their homes‚ where they can listen to music as loud as they want and can sing along and not have anyone look at them funny. But do all these people who listen to music on a daily basis really know where it came from? A lot of people will say that Michael Jackson is the king of pop or that Elvis was the
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1. Two noteworthy impacts of German Baroque music were the German Violin Bow alongside the German Baroque Organ. These two central point impacted the sound as it made another kind of sound. 2. Before Bach‚ music was much more blunt and not that intriguing‚ there were likewise no genuine establishment in the music. After Bach‚ more musical methods and assortments like tonal changes were set up‚ the German extravagant bow and different instruments played harmonies were additionally developed and
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