This powerpoint presentation discusses Baroque music and some of its key characteristics and composers. Baroque music originated in the 1600s in Western Europe and ended in 1750 with the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. It took its name from the Portuguese word "barroco" meaning oddly shaped pearl. Some instruments commonly used in Baroque music included the harpsichord, viola da gamba, recorder, Baroque lute, Baroque oboe, and timpani. The presentation discusses Johann Sebastian Bach, a famous Baroque composer, and George Frideric Handel, an Italian-German Baroque composer known for his operas.

1. PowerPoint Presentation by:
Rachelle Anne Valenzuela

2. -It expresses order, yet
it is always lively and
tuneful.
-A Western European
Classical Music.
-Started in 1600’s and
ended in 1750

4. -It came from the Portuguese
word “barroco” which means
“oddly shaped pearl”
-Started from the 1600’s and
ended at 1750 with the death of
Johann Sebastian Bach
-The term “baroque” has been
extensively used in the
nineteenth century to portray
the era in Western European

6. HARPSICH
ORD
CLAVICHO
RD
SPINET

7. VIOLALUTE

8. RECORDE
R
BAROQUE
LUTE
BAROQUE
OBOE

9. TIMPANI

11. -Composed songs for the
church
-Famous quote “the aim and
final end of all music should
be none other than the glory
of god and the refreshment of
the soul.”
-Died in 1750
-An example of his
composition is “Cantatas”
and he wrote Christmas
oratorio.

12. -Born on February 23. 1685 in
Halle Germany
-Composed church, secular, and
theatre music for illustrious
patrons in Florence, Rome,
Naples, and Venice.
-His opera titled “Rinalodo” in
1711 in London.
-Wrote operas for the Queen’s
Theatre in 1719 in Britain’
-Founder and director of New
Royal Academy of Music in 1719