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Baroque music originated in the 17th-18th centuries and was characterized by new instrumental techniques, tonality, and dynamic contrasts between loud and soft. It featured melodies that were difficult to sing, continuity of rhythm, and an orchestra consisting mainly of strings and continuo instruments like harpsichord and organ. Some popular genres of baroque music included opera, oratorios, suites, toccatas, concerto grossos, chorales, cantatas, and fugues. Notable baroque composers like Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel developed new forms and masterworks that defined the period through works for orchestra, solo instruments, choir, and keyboard.

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Barou Qe

Baroque music originated in the 17th-18th centuries and was characterized by new instrumental techniques, tonality, and dynamic contrasts between loud and soft. It featured melodies that were difficult to sing, continuity of rhythm, and an orchestra consisting mainly of strings and continuo instruments like harpsichord and organ. Some popular genres of baroque music included opera, oratorios, suites, toccatas, concerto grossos, chorales, cantatas, and fugues. Notable baroque composers like Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel developed new forms and masterworks that defined the period through works for orchestra, solo instruments, choir, and keyboard.

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BAROQUE MUSIC

Background:
-derived from the barroco which
means “pearl of irregular shape”.
-The age of “absolutism”
-Entertainment was a necessity
Characteristics:
-New instrumental techniques and
changes in musical notation were
developed.
- Major and minor tonality was also
created in this period.
- A lot of musical terms and concepts
that evolved in this era are still used
today.
-melodies are not easy to sing or
remember
-dynamic contrast- alternation
between loud and soft
-continuity of rhythm
-orchestra consists of strings
and continuo

Harpsichord and organ are


the keyboard instruments
that are commonly used
Music genres:
1. Opera
- a drama set to musical
and made up of vocal
pieces with orchestral
accompaniment and
orchestral overtures and
interludes.
Overture- piece of music
played at the start of an
opera

Interlude- a short piece of


music that is played between
the parts of a longer one.
Libretto- the text of the opera

Aria- the main attraction in


the opera, a song for solo
voice with orchestral
accompaniment
Recitative-a vocal lines that
imitates the rhythms and
pitch fluctuations of speech
on aria.
2. Oratorios
- a large scale composition for
chorus, vocal soloists, and
orchestra; it is usually set to a
narrative text
-it has no acting, scenery and
costumes
-mostly based on biblical stories
3. Suites
-a piece of music that is made
up of any short pieces that are
taken from a larger work such
as ballet
-instrumental musical form
consisting of a series of dances
in the same or related keys
4. Toccatas
- A musical composition usually
for organ or harpsichord in a
free style and characterized by
full chords, rapid runs, and high
harmonies.
5. Concerto grosso
-an orchestral composition
featuring a small group of solo
instruments contrasting with
the full orchestra.
6. Chorale
- Hymn tune sung to a german
religious text.
- Easy to sing and remember
because one note to a
syllable and moving in a
steady rhythm
- Melody was often
harmonized by church choirs.
7. Church cantata
-originally meant a piece that
was sung.
-it was usually written for
chorus, vocal soloist, organ and
small orchestra.
-had a German religious text
from the bible or familiar
hymns.
8. Fugue
- A polyphonic composition
based on one main theme
called the “subject”
- It takes a new meaning when
shifted to different keys or
combined with different
melodic and rhythmic ideas.
composers:
1. Johann Sebastian Bach

- was taught by his father to


play violin.
- His masterpiece mark the
high point of baroque
music
-his most important and long-term
position was as cantor of St.
Thomas Church.

-most eminent organist and


harpsichordist
His works:
1. Brandenburg Concertos
(concerto grosso)
2. Mass in B minor
3. Cantata 208 and 211
4. Fugue in G minor
5. Toccata and fugue in D minor
6. Well tempered clavier
(keyboard)
2. Antonio Vivaldi
-aka il Prete Rosso (the red priest)
-Italian composer, Catholic Priest
and a virtuoso violinist.
-known mainly for composing
instrumental concertos for violin
and sacred choral works
-40 operas and 450 concerto
grosso and solo concertos
His works:
The four seasons
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Autumn
d. winter
3. George Friedrich Handel
-master of Italian opera and
English Oratorio.
-self-taught to play the
harpsichord
-wrote great deal of
instrumental music- suites,
organ and concertos
- His oratories are usually based on
stories from the Old Testament
and have titles such as Israel in
Egypt and Joshua; but they are not
church music, they were for paying
audiences in public theaters.
His works:
1. Samson
2. Messiah
-Hallelujah’s chorus part

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