Music During The Baroque Era

Grady Vandenberg
MUS101
9/29/2014
Copeland
These early times of music were very interesting in their ways of coming about. As the days of the Roman Catholic Church saw trials and tribulations, through the reformation in the renaissance era a new style of music was born. This new style that began as renaissance music and slowly morphed into the style of baroque and classical through the work of amazing world renowned composers such as
George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach. These composers created a style of music in the
Baroque era that was different than ever observed before. While the classical era was dominated by composers like Ludwig Van Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn. How does the early classical music style compare to the music
The excellent piano work of the classical era is one element that allows this calming vibe to appeal to an audience. While in the baroque era, post renaissance is a very happy and upbeat style using violin and wind instruments to produce music that evokes dance.
During the time period that produced Baroque music the people wanted freedom. Freedom from a church that at the time seemed to need reform. This freedom was effectively portrayed in the style of music. Without using specific examples from the text, the musical forms of the baroque era generated a very up-beat tone. Another factor that effects the differences is that the opera of the baroque era was very large scale. These baroque operas are also very diverse and have many different moving parts. All of these different moving parts make for the sporadic high energy that the baroque era has. More evidence that supports the differences in the two musical eras is that the Baroque era is influenced very heavily by poetry. Poetic motions in music are apparent when hearing Baroque era music. The classical style differs from the Baroque area predominantly because of the time. The classical area came out of time that was approaching the reform of entire governments. The people