Baroque Period 1600-1750

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Baroque Period1600-1750

• A time for powdered wigs, make-up, fancy clothes
  and furniture

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Doctrine of Affections

• A document that said every form of art causes us
  to feel a single powerful emotion as a result of
  seeing or hearing a work.
• All parts serve the bass line, meaning the bass
  line is the most important musical line in the
  piece.

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Types of Music

• We see a lot of church music
• We also see dance music, like suites which have
  several movements for each type of dance (like
  allemande, a slow dance, or a gigue, a fast dance)

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Concerto

• A concerto is a solo instrument/voice accompanied
  by a small ensemble

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Oratorio

• An oratorio is a choral work with an orchestra
  including soloists-it is similar to an opera

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Chamber Music

• Work for a small ensemble, like a quartet, trio
  or duet.

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Cantata

• A cantata is a church song

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Fugue

• A fugue is a complex work, where a subject is
  heard, and is fought by a counter-subject, and
  calmed by another theme called an episode.

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What is Happening in the World?

• The first English settlement, Jamestown is
  established
• Quebec is founded in Canada
• Shakespeares plays are the hot ticket in England

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Baroque Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Wrote music and played organ for the church
• Had 2 wives, and 21 children
• Wrote cantatas, fugues, and concertos.

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Vivaldi

• Was a priest and worked for the church
• Worked with young girls to get them out of
  orphanages
• Wrote The Four Seasons string quartet

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George Frideric Handel

• Started to study law, but ended up composing for
  the king
• Composed Water Music for the festival on the
  River Thames.
• Buried in Westminster Abbey

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Music!

• Fugue in G Minor The Little
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
• Four Seasons
• Hallelujah Chorus
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture
  Solenelle 1812)