The document provides information about music of the Baroque period from 1600 to 1750. It discusses that the Baroque period saw the beginning of almost all modern musical styles and the violin became the most important instrument. It also lists some of the famous composers from the period, including Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi, and discusses some of their most famous works such as The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi, The Brandenburg Concertos by Bach, and The Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

1. MUSIC OF THE
BAROQUE PERIOD

2. BAROQUE PERIOD
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▹ From 1600 to 1750
▹ BAROQUE PERIOD GOT ITS NAME FROM OVER-DECORATED CHURCH
STRUCTURE
▹ THE BEGINNING OF ALMOST ALL MUSICAL STYLES AT THE PRESENT
▹ VIOLIN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT

3. SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGHS

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IN HISTORY
• 30 YEARS WAR BETWEEN PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLIC
STATES
• DOMINATION OF LOUS XIV OF FRANCE WHO RULED 72
YEARS

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IN SCIENCE
• NEWTON – LAW OF MOTION AND GRAVITY
• GALILEI – TELESCOPE
• BACON – SCIENTIFIC METHOD
• LEIBNITZ - CALCULUS

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PHILOSOPHY
• LEADING PHILOSOPHERS WERE MILTON, DRYDEN, DEFOE,
ADDISON, SWIFT, POPE, AND JOHNSON.

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IN PAINTING
• THE WORLD SAW THE RISE OF REMBRANDT, RUBENS, VAN
DYCK, EL GRECO AND VELASQUEZ

8. • RHYTHM – REPEATED RYTHMIC PATTERNS
• MELODY – CREATES A FEELING OF CONTINUITY
• TEXTURE – POLYPHONIC
• DYNAMICS – ALTERNATION OF SOFT AND LOUD
• FORM – BINARY AND TERNARY
MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIOD
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MUSICAL FORMS OF THE PERIOD
▹ VOCAL (SINGLE)
▹ VOCAL (MULTI-MOVEMENT)
▹ INSTRUMENTAL (SINGLE MOVEMENT)
▹ INSTRUMENTAL (MULTI-MOVEMENT)

10. MUSICAL FORMS OF THE PERIOD
VOCAL (SINGLE)
1. ARIA – SUNG BY A SOLOIST
2. RECITATIVES – LIES BETWEEN ORDINARY SPEECH AND PURE SINGING
3. CHORALE PRELUDE – SACRED SONG FOR THE ORGAN SUNG TO A
GERMAN RELIGIOUS TEXT

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MUSICAL FORMS OF THE PERIOD
VOCAL (MULTI-MOVEMENT)
1. OPERA – LARGE SCALE MUSIC DRAMA COMBINING POETRY, ACTING,
COSTUME WITH SINGING AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
2. CANTATA – LIMITED TO A SOLOIST USING FEW INSTRUMENTS OF THE
ORCHESTRA
3. ORATORIO – DRAMATIC TELLING OF BIBLICAL STORIES

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MUSICAL FORMS OF THE PERIOD
INSTRUMENTAL (SINGLE MOVEMENT)
1. OVERTURE – INSTRUMENTAL NUMBER HEARD AT THE
BEGINNING OF OPERA
2. TOCCATA – ALTERNATES BETWEEN IMPROVISATION AND
CONTRAPUNAL PASAGES.
3. PRELUDE AND FUGUE
4. SECTIONAL DANCE FORM

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MUSICAL FORMS OF THE PERIOD
VOCAL (SINGLE)
1. SONATA
2. SUITE
3. CONCERTO

14. FAMOUS COMPOSERS
BAROQUE PERIOD
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FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD
▹ CLAUDIO GIOVANNI ANTONIO MOTEVERDI
- ITALIAN COMPOSER WHO IS ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE IN
THE TRANSITION FROM THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD TO BAROQUE.
- CHOIR MASTER AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST.MARK
- PIONEERED THE AGITATED EFFECT CALLED TREMOLO AND THE
PLUCKING TECHNIQUE PIZZICATO.
- FAMOUS FOR HIS ORFEO WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST MODERA
OPERA
- HIS MASTERPIECE IS “THE CORONATION OF POPPEA”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quhXDVX6jjA
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA

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▹ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
- GERMAN COMPOSER, ORGANIST, HARPSICHORDIST, VIOLIST AND
VIOLINIST
- AKA “REBEL COMPOSER” KNOWN FOR HIS QUICK TEMPER
- HAD FIGHT WITH CHOIR BOYS WHO ARE FOOLING AROUND THE
REHEARSALS
- KNOWN FOR HIS FAMOUS WORK “THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
AND MASS IN B MINOR.”
FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD

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THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS AND MASS IN B MINOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b63OyCLBxk

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FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD
▹ GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
- FAMOUS FOR HIS OPERAS, ONTARIOS, ANTHEMS, AND ORGAN
CONCERTOS
- MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC
- ALMIRA IS HIS VERY FIRST OPERA

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ALMIRA BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcDRKgeqQWs

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FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD
▹ ANTONIO VIVALDI
- BELIEVED TO HAVE INVENTED THE RITORNELLO FORM
- FONDLY CALLED THE “RED PRIEST” DUE TO THE COLOR OF HIS HAIR
- FAMOUS FOR HIS “THE FOUR SEASONS’ LA PRIMAVERA”

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THE FOUR SEASONS’ LA PRIMAVERA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nSvIiBNFo

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