1. What do all these have in common?
New Amsterdam is renamed New York
Taj Mahal completed
Salem Witch trials occur
1st Piano is built
Fahrenheit Mercury thermometer invented
Benjamin Franklin published “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
They all occurred during the…

2. Baroque Period

4. Baroque
The original meaning of “baroque” is "misshapen pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture of this period.
Later, the name came to be applied also to its music.

5. Characteristics of Baroque Music
Unity of Mood – Same mood throughout entire piece
Repeated Rhythms
Repeated & Complex Melodies
Terraced Dynamics – Dynamic changes are sudden like walking up steps

6. Key words for Baroque Music
Counterpoint – music consisting of two or more melodic lines played simultaneously (“note against note”)
Fugue – a polyphonic (“many-sounded”) composition based on a theme stated by one part at the beginning & imitated by other parts throughout the piece