Post on 19-Aug-2015
The word "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning misshapen pearl
An era of experiment and refinement and bold imagination
Music is emotionally intense, energetic and dramatic contrast and great excitement.
Baroque music forms a major portion of the "classical music" canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to.
Baroque music expanded the size, range, and complexity of instrumental performance, and also established opera, cantata, oratorio,
concerto, and sonata as musical genres
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
BAROQUE PERIOD
Sacred music was sung in the acapella choral style that was its trademark.
Instruments gained a place of their own in sacred as well as secular music
Choirs performed all sacred music
Individual parts were assigned to the soloist
Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)
• German composer• He enriched established German styles
through his skill in counter point, harmonic and motivic organization, and the
adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France.
• Ruft Nus Die Stimme, “Arise, said the gatekeeper”. It consists of hymns, recitatives, and duets
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678- 1741)• Italian composer• “Red Priest” was a Venetian priest • He is known mainly for composing many
instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas
• Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest)
Henry Purcell(1659-1695)
• Considered as the greatest English composer
• Purcell wrote in the baroque idiom of the time, heavily influenced by French and Italian styles. What marked him out from his contemporaries was his adventurousness in harmony
• 'Dido and Aeneas', which includes one of the most heart-rending and frequently-sung.