BAROQUE TIME PERIOD (1600-1750)

  • General Facts

    People were either really wealthy or really poor (no middle class)
    Lifestyles became more elaborate (fancy) Rise in drama, theater, painting, architecture, and music (entertainment)
  • Period: to

    Baroque

    The word baroque is deriverd from the Portuguese word 'barroco'. Also, its a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear.
  • Baroque : Elizabeth

    Death of Elizabeth died of blood poisoning. England had become the major political power in whole of Europe.
  • Baroque facts

    1607 –The first permanent British colony is est. at Jamestown, Virginia 1609 – Galileo made the first observations with a telescope 1619- The 1st African slaves are brought to British America 1620 – Mayflower arrived in America 1705 – Virginia Act established public education
  • Arrival of the Pilgrims

    a group of English Separatists, the Pilgrims were that lot of people who dissociated themselves from the Church of England because they were not convinced that the church had completed the work of Reformation.
  • Death of Galileo Galilei

    Philosopher, astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, Galileo Galilei died at the age of 77 in Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy.
  • Luois was leading the European power in 1643

    Luois The Great OCCUPATION
    King BIRTH DATE
    August 23, 1754 DEATH DATE
    January 21, 1793 PLACE OF BIRTH
    Versailles, France PLACE OF DEATH
    Paris, France AKA
    Louis XVI
    Louis Auguste de France
    Louis XVI of France
    Louis Capet
    Louis, Duke of Berry (Duc de Berry)
    Louis, Dauphin of France
    King Louis XVI NICKNAME
    "Citizen Capet"
    "Citoyen Louis Capet" FULL NAME
    Louis-Auguste de France
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

    NAME
    Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz OCCUPATION
    Writer, Women's Rights Activist, Nun BIRTH DATE
    c. November 12, 1651 DEATH DATE
    April 17, 1695 PLACE OF BIRTH
    San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetlixpa, Mexico PLACE OF DEATH
    Mexico City, Mexico ORIGINALLY
    Juana Ramírez de Asbaje
  • REMBRANDT

    NAME
    Rembrandt OCCUPATION
    Painter BIRTH DATE
    July 15, 1606 DEATH DATE
    October 4, 1669 EDUCATION
    University of Leiden PLACE OF BIRTH
    Leiden, Netherlands PLACE OF DEATH
    Amsterdam, Netherlands Rembrandt trained as an artist under two masters.
  • Facts that happen

    1672 – Admission charged for the 1st time at a concert in London 1710 – Bartolomeo Cristofori develops modern pianoforte in which hammers strike strings 1741 – Handel completes the “Messiah”
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Antonio Vivaldi Born on March 4, 1678, in Venice, Italy,
  • George Handel was a German-born music composer

    Born in Halle OCCUPATION
    Songwriter BIRTH DATE
    February 23, 1685 DEATH DATE
    April 14, 1759 EDUCATION
    University of Halle PLACE OF BIRTH
    Halle, Germany PLACE OF DEATH
    London, United Kingdom ORIGINALLY
    Georg Friedrich Händel
    Georg Friedrich Haendel
  • Rule of William III and Mary II

    King William III ruled England all the way until his death in 1702 Both ruled until 1694, the year of the death of the queen
  • Salem Witch Trials

    Between the months of June to September, 1692, at least 19 men and women were labeled for witchcraft The Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts are unquestionably always going to be part of those incidents which can never be forgotten. the Salem Witch Trials are definitely amongst the more commonly known events
  • Arist: Henry Purcell

  • Antonio choral Music

    Vivaldi had begun regularly writing opera scores by 1715 Antonio Vivaldi was a 17th and 18th century composer who’s become one of the most renowned figures in European classical music. OCCUPATION
    Educator, Songwriter, Priest BIRTH DATE
    March 4, 1678 DEATH DATE
    July 28, 1741 PLACE OF BIRTH
    Venice, Italy PLACE OF DEATH
    Vienna, Austria AKA
    Antonio Vivaldi NICKNAME
    il Prete Rosso
    "Red Priest" FULL NAME
    Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
  • Antonio Vivaldi facts

    He was promoted to music director. Named master of violin at the Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital of Mercy) in Venice He died on July 28, 1741
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    A student of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, Alessandro Scarlatti became the maestro di cappella of the viceroy of Naples in 1684 perhaps by way of his sister, an opera singer and the mistress of an influential Neapolitan noble Scarlatti wrote over 100 operas, and his works are thought to represent the change in approach to the genre In addition to opera, Scarlatti composed more than 600 cantatas and a number of oratorios.
  • François Couperin

    Born in Paris in 1668, François Couperin was the son of Charles Couperin (1638–79), the organist at St Gervais in Paris. Couperin eventually became the harpsichordist at Versailles as well. In his publications of harpsichord music Couperin grouped his works into ordres rather than the more typical suites
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Also he was a German composer
    Bach was born in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach
    Director of the town musicians
  • Baroque Facts

    In general, the baroque era was influenced by what was called the Counter-Reformation. Baroque is a very exciting period to study precisely because of this contrasts. On one side you have the church, the saints, lots of sermons and preaching;
  • Baroque music

    Baroque music expanded the size, range, and complexity of instrumental performance, and also established opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto, and sonata as musical genres. Many musical terms and concepts from this era are still in use today.