Baroque Period Pt. 1 Powerpoint with video clips

1. (1600-1750)

2. What is Baroque?
• Style in Europe in music, art, and
architecture
• Very decorated and dramatic
• Importance of beauty and
complexity

3. Melk Abbey

6. Characteristics of Baroque
Music
• Emphasized contrasts in texture, pace
and volume.
• Strong use of improvisation in melodies,
and the embellishments of those
melodies.
• Most importantly - if you hear a
harpsichord, it’s almost always Baroque!

7. • Dance Music was very
important for parties and social
gatherings.
http://youtu.be/9wlU4PP1eUI

8. Instruments of the Baroque Era
What do you see?

9. Pipe Organ

10. http://youtu.be/DKejfYzB3ak

11. Harpsichord