Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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famous composers of the Baroque period include Moteverdi‚ Purcell‚ Barbara Strozzi‚ Vivaldi‚ Handel‚ Mouret‚ Bach‚ etc. While the major composers in Classical period are Haydn‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Schubert and so on. Baroque is an older style of music‚ and it lots of times has all the instruments playing the same melody‚ while classical has various interchanging parts and melody’s. The melody in Baroque period is repeated‚ although it is distinct but it is not lyrical. In Baroque music‚ the phrasing was
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What advantages and disadvantages did Baroque composers have in the patronage system? What did they gain from this practice? What limitations did it place on them?mdfkjdskjfjdfjssssssssssssssssssssssssllllllllfjldssssssssss- ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss- ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss- ssssfWhat advantages and disadvantages did Baroque composers have in the patronage system? What did they gain from this practice? What limitations did it
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Baroque Music Opera was the new musical form of the Baroque period and it was very expressive of the baroque cultural values. By then end of the operatic form was stylized into a recipe‚ including improbable plots‚ small motivations for the characters‚ and magical transformations‚ which were signs of opera’s baroque nature. Oprheus united drama‚ dance‚ elaborate stage mechanisms‚ and scenery with music. Johann Sebastian Bach was one artist whose greatest legacy was religious music. His works
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The Italian Baroque style art was a key point in the Catholic Reformation. It was used to send a message and to address the claims of the Protestant Revolution. This style was not limited to just paintings. It also included sculptures and architecture. The origin of Baroque is uncertain‚ however the work baroque itself was meant to represent the style of the art‚ for being more emotional than any style before it. One could say‚ the difference between Italian Baroque and Classical Baroque‚ is that Italian
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Based on the presentation‚ I think the topic that interested me the most is the Baroque Music. I showed interest in the Baroque Music because I think it is really attention grabbing by how the many musical terms and concepts from that musical era is still used today. I researched more on The Baroque Music era and found out that the Baroque Music was correspondingly the period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion. And the Music also used clear‚ strong‚ details to easily interpret what
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Baroque Architect By Kasuwa Smith The Baroque period took the Roman view of Renaissance architecture and showed it in a new sculptural fashion. The main view of Baroque architecture was more concerned about color‚ light and shade‚ sculptural values and intensity which could be seen in its characteristics. Baroque is defined periods in literature as well as music; however critics perceived it to be unstructured‚ over ornamented theatrical and grotesque. Although many things influenced
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The Baroque Period The Baroque Period The Baroque term comes from the Portuguese word barroco‚ which means misshapen pearl Jean-Jacques Rousseau defined baroque music as that in which the harmony is confused‚ charged with modulations and dissonances‚ the melody is harsh and little natural‚ the intonation difficult‚ and the movement constrained. The Baroque period was highly decorated and it reflects on the elaborate nature and complexity of the music compositions. Others have likened Baroque
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of romance and deception while oratorios were usually on sacred topics. What is an orchestra? How did the development of orchestras influence Baroque music? Orchestra’s are larger instrumental ensembles or groups that contain brass‚ string‚ percussion‚ and woodwind instruments. The developement of orchestras motivated the composers of the baroque period to write specifically for orchestras and made an influence on the types of instruments being created. What is an instrumental suite?
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Baroque Art It’s hard to make a distinction in which the beginning of the Baroque period is clearly distinguished from that of the late Renaissance. Nonetheless‚ Baroque art is emotional‚ decorative and a direct result of the Counter-Reformation movement in Europe. During the Baroque period‚ there was a dramatic religious split in the Church with the formation of Protestantism. Catholics reacted with the Counter-Reformation to revitalize Catholicism. They needed to attract viewers with religious
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