The Baroque

By Aangeldragon
  • Period: 1567 to

    Monteverdi

    Helped move music from the Renaissance to the Baroque; 9 books of madrigals and several operas
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    Frescobaldi

    Finest organist of Early Baroque who influenced Bach. Worked at St. Peter's Cathedral
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    Caccini

    Soprano and daughter of Giulio; first woman to compose opera and often sang lead in several. Family worked for the Medici's

  • Dafne

    First opera, composed by Caccini and Peri

  • Instrumental Music

    Popularized during the Baroque; dance music entering the concert hall and virtuosos praised

  • Basso Continuo

    Figured bass; used solo bass instrument and chording instrument

  • Recitative

    Two styles of mono-voice. Secco and Accompagnato that became very popular

  • Euridice

    First extant opera; composed by Caccini and Peri

  • Baroque Tuning

    Switch to Equal Temperament where all half steps were tuned equally
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    Early Baroque

  • Baroque Style

    Extremes and ornamentation; affect and emotions became the goal of art and music; favored virtuosos. Functional tonality also became a thing

  • Monody

    Solo voice with basso continuo; homophonic and new style. First time in history this was preferred
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    Strozzi

    Studied under Cavalli; wrote eight sets of songs with each dedicated to a wealthy patron. Most of her works are ariettas and arias.

  • First public opera house opened

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    King Louis XIV of France

    Accomplished dancer and king of France during the Baroque

  • Arias

    Most desired and appreciated pieces
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    Franz von Biber

    Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist who lived in Salzburg; invented new techniques for playing violin

  • 17th Century Genres

    Opera; Cantatas; Oratorio; Arias
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    Middle Baroque

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    Corelli

    Composer who made clear distinctions between the types of sonatas; master at trio sonata
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    Purcell

    Singer, organist, and composer who worked in court of Charles II. Wrote incidental music for plays
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    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Father of Domenico Scarlatti; teacher in Naples and many helped create. Death marks best indicator for end of Baroque
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    Jacquet de la Guerre

    "the wonder of our century"
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    Couperin

    French composer

  • Opera

    Reached England in 1670s; Created in Italy and spread to France next. Focused on the dramatics

  • Baroque Instruments

    Strings made of gut; WW made of wood; trumpets and horns didn't have valves

  • Concertos

    Solo pieces that featured orchestra; works for concert hall. Usually fast-slow-fast. Grosso --> featured concertino. Ripieno --> entire ensemble functions as one w/ different groups/soloists
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    Vivaldi

    Composer and music director at Pieta; composed tones of music including "The Four Seasons." Extremely popular during the height of his career. Wrote over 800 concertos; master of Baroque concerto
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    Telemann

    German composer w/ more than 125 orchestral suites; helped establish the French style
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    Mouret

    Composed for the son of King Louis XIV; operas, suites, and grand divertissments
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    Scarlatti

    Keyboard virtuoso who served Portuguese and Spanish royal families; progressive style. over 500 sonatas
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    Handel

    Extremely popular and talented composer; most popular being "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and "Water Music"
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    Bach

    Master of the fugue and very popular composer. Super influential and wrote The Art of Fugue.

  • Sonata

    Chamber piece for solo instrument and keyboard; first started w/ violin. Two types of Sonata; da camera (chamber or room) and da chiesa (church). Trio sonata was for two treble lines and basso continuo

  • Programmatic Music

    Music that takes something outside of self and uses it to determine music; Symphonic poems popular in 19th century

  • Baroque Suite

    Set of dances in same key with contrasting characters. Allemande --> German; in 4 w/ moderate tempo. Courant --> french in 3, moderate. Saraband --> Spanish in 3, slow/steady. Jig (Gigue) --> English in 6/8 or 4/4 and fast

  • Middle/Late Baroque Genres

    Passacaglia --> principle of ground bass; triple meter
    Chaconne --> related to passacaglia; harmonic progression repeated
    Keyboard Free Forms --> Harmony w/ strong element of improv
    Strict --> Worked on counterpoint
    Fugue --> Form and Genre
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    Late Baroque