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The Baroque Period

2. What does “baroque” mean?
“barocco” = Italian for “imperfect pearl”
This refers to a period that is bizarre, extravagant, complex, embellished

3. How were composers employed?
The Patronage System
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4. How did a composer’s employment affect his music?
Had to please his employer
Had to write music for a specific occasion

5. Where were the centers of musical development?
Italy
Germany (Holy Roman Empire)
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6. J. S. Bach
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7. Antonio Vivaldi
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8. George Fridrich Handel
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9. Finish the sentence “Music which is melodious yet so . . .
constructed as to reflect the ‘perfect order’ of the universe; that is the essence of the Baroque.”