1. Baroque Instrumental Forms

2. FUGUE Highest form of polyphonic art Extremely structured architecture / formula Started out as keyboard piece Formula gradually applied to choral and instrumental music in the late Baroque Bach was “champion” of the fugue

3. Elements of the Fugue Subject Counter-subject Episode “Voices” Exposition

4. Compositional Devices Stretto Augmentation Diminution Retrograde Inversion Any combination

5. Sonata Instrumental composition Usually identified in title Solo sonata Trio sonata – 2 melody instruments and bass part Work constructed in sections – later became movements Highly “Italian” in nature

6. Chamber Music Different size of performing group due to different nature of performance Designed for “chamber” Sometimes for outdoor “secular” concerts Mature Baroque = Suite

7. Suite Series of “dance” related movements from various countries Allemande = Germany Courante = France Sarabande = Spain Gigue = England Sometimes an additional movement