Elementary Academics

1. The Baroque Music
Period (1600-1750)
General Music
Grades 4-6

2. What should I know about the
Baroque Period?
Baroque Instruments
Baroque Composers
Scientific Discoveries
Connection to U.S.A.

3. Common Baroque Instruments

4. ORGAN
 Keyboard wind
instrument
 Commonly
associated with
church music
 First invented in
the 3rd
century BC

5. Harpsichord
 Similar to piano
 Strings played by
plucking rather than
hammering
 Lost popularity when
the pianoforte was
invented

6. Baroque Composers

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Antonio Vivaldi
 The son of a
professional violinist
 Was a Catholic
priest
 Composed The Four
Seasons.

10. 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

11. 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)