The Baroque Music Period(1600-1750)

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The Baroque Music Period (1600-1750)

• General Music
• Grades 4-6
• K. Mackie

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What should I know about the Baroque Period?

• Baroque Instruments
• Baroque Composers
• Scientific Discoveries
• Connection to U.S.A.

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Common Baroque Instruments
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ORGAN

• Keyboard wind instrument
• Commonly associated with church music
• First invented in the 3rd century BC

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Harpsichord

• Similar to piano
• Strings played by plucking rather than hammering
• Lost popularity when the pianoforte was invented

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Baroque Composers
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Johann Sebastian Bach

• Member of a large musical family
• Favorite instrument was the organ
• His death in 1750 marked the end of the Baroque
  Period in music

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George Frideric Handel

• Born in Germany, studied music in Italy, and
  lived mainly in England
• Best known for his vocal works
• Went blind late in his life.

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Antonio Vivaldi

• The son of a professional violinist
• Was a Catholic priest
• Composed The Four Seasons.

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Scientific Discoveries

• People were beginning to trust their own minds
• Scientists such as Galileo and Newton were
  unlocking the secrets of the universe
• Telescope
• Microscope

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During the Baroque Period

• The first permanent British colony is formed in
  Jamestown, VA,(1607)
• The first African slaves are brought to British
  America(1619)

• 20 young women are tried and killed for
  witchcraft in Salem, Mass.(1692)
• George Washington is born in Virginia. (1732)

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