Baroque Music 1600-1750. “Baroque” Negative term for music of this time period – “Misshapen Pearl” Used to describe the heavy ornamentation of the period.

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Baroque Music

“Baroque” Negative term for music of this time period – “Misshapen Pearl” Used to describe the heavy ornamentation of the period – Ornament-musical embellishment, small musical gestures –

Florentine Camerata Group of rich humanists discuss what matters in the musical world – Like critics shaping what music is “good” Going back to Ancient Greek values and the musical drama – Monody makes a comeback-voice sung over a string instrument like kithara or lute

First Opera Dafne by Jacopo Peri First Complete surviving opera L’Euridice also by Peri – Based off of Greek character Orfeo – Orfeo goes to Hell using music to get his dead wife back to the living world – c

Tonality Music based off of scales as we know them today – Development of harmony like today – E

Louis XIV Age of centralized court Louis is all-powerful King of France – Louis loves to dance; Versailles – Louis wants biggest, most extravagant production – Leads to highly paid composer with greatly embellished music in France

Jean-Baptiste Lully Personal composer to Louis XIV – Publishes only for Louis’s court Creates the French opera including the French dance break at the end of a scene Armide, French opera v3w

Arcangelo Corelli Italian violinist that “invented” proper technique and mastery of violin Publishes music publicly, released from his court (All instrumental) New genre-concerto grosso – Alternation between small group and full orchetra – c

Henry Purcell English composer – Over 800 works of varying genres – Marches to vocal works – – M

Antonio Vivaldi Forms-large scale structure to a piece of music Vivaldi has his own full-time orchestra and using solidified forms to produce many works – Different melodies following same formula – – Vivaldi’s music creates first wave of “shredders”

Domenico Scarlatti Spain’s contribution at this time is a virtuoso keyboradist Keyboard sonatas written and performed for his court Zk Piano shredding

Johann Sebastian Bach A pretty big deal in the historical world Takes harmony and form to the extreme Begins in liturgical world Organ music – k Oratorio –

More Bach Writes for every instrument of his time and full orchestra 3_g Brandenburg court gets stingy JS Bach is not very popular in his time – “Bach Revival” paints Bach as master of music

Instruments Strings: – Violin – Viola – Cello – Bass

Woodwinds Double reed (Oboe, Bassoon)

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Moving to the Classical era “Classical” music describes just one era of music in the context of history (following 1750) Bach becomes the foundation for study of all things music – harmony, composition, technique on different instruments