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Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi (E)
Trained in the Renaissance style, used dissonances in his music for text expression -
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Composer - Francesca Caccini (E)
The first woman to compose operas, sang lead roles in several early operas, composed balli,intermezzi and sacred opera, -
Tuning Changes (E)
Composers limited their keys to four or fewer sharps and flats, tuned all half steps equally, started using equal temperament -
Invention of Opera (E)
Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini invented opera in Florence, Italy -
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Baroque qualities (E)
Harmonies, forms and textures tended to be more free compared to the renaissance, focused on polyphony and homophony which were equally important -
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Baroque changes (E)
Rhythms became more regular and definite, bar lines were a new acceptance of meter, functional harmony established -
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Goals of the Florentine Camerata (E)
Revive Greek drama, music as "heightened speech", -
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Composer - Barbara Strozzi (E)
Adopted by Giulio Strozzi, studied under Francesco Cavalli, Published 8 sets of songs which were each dedicated to a wealthy patron, most of her works were ariettas and arias -
First Public Opera Theater (E)
The first public opera theater opened in Venice in 1637 (Teatro de San Cassiano) -
Arias (E)
Around this time, Arias became the most desired and appreciated pieces -
The Coronation of Poppea (E)
Composed by Monteverdi when he was 75, early operas based on mythology, premiered in Venice -
Death of Galileo Galilei
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (M)
Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist, one of the most important composers for violin in the early years of the instrument, Biber's new technique allowed him to reach 6th and 7th positions, play double stops and polyphony and experiment with scordatura -
Baroque Instruments (M)
strings were made of gut not steel, woodwind instruments were made of wood, trumpets and horns did not have valves, and main keyboard instruments were the organ, harpsichord and clavichord -
Middle Baroque genres
Sonata, concerto, suite, overture, fugue -
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Suite Composer - Arcangelo Corelli (M)
Italian composer -
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Composer - Henry Purcell (E)
composer of insrtrumental and vocal music, composed Dido and Aeneas in 1689 -
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Suite Composer - Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (M)
she was called the wonder of the century -
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Suite Composer - François Couperin (M)
French Composer -
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Suite Composer - Georg Philip Telemann (M)
German Composer, composed more that 125 orchestral suites, helped establish the French-style orchestral suite in Germany -
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Johann Sebastian Bach (L)
Bach wrote a ton of music in all genres except opera, was one of the most skilled musicians in the Baroque period, Bach composed over 1,000 works -
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Handel (L)
Born in Halle, Germany, worked in Italy early in his career, and absorbed the Italian style writing over 40 operas and many Italian cantatas -
Salem Witch Trials
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The English Oratorio (L)
No lavish scenery, used Italian singers performing in English and British singers, -
Messiah (L)
52 separate numbers, composed in 3 weeks, alternatives between homophony and imitative polyphony