Music industry in the baroque period

1. BAROQUE PERIOD
(1600-1750)

2.  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.

3. 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

4. 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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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.

9. George Frideric Handel
(1685 -1759)
• British Composer
• The creator of the famous and joyous
“HALLELUJAH” chorus from his oratorio, The
Messiah (1741)
• 3 parts of Messiah
 About the birth of Christ
Christ’s mission and sufferings
 His resurrection