| Development of the Baroque Italian Opera | Vanessa Phillips | | ID # 100114020 | 11/1/2012 | | Development of the Baroque Italian Opera The word "baroque" comes from the Italian word "barocco" which means bizarre. This word was first used to describe the style of architecture mainly in Italy during the 17th and 18th century. Later on the word baroque was used to describe the music styles of the 1600s to the 1700s. The Baroque period was a time when composers experimented with
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origins of the music we listen to today‚ we must understand the past‚ and how music has developed. Three periods vital to the development of vocal music includes the Middle Ages‚ the Renaissance‚ and the Baroque era. The music of the Middle ages was very religious. According to Music: The Art of Listening‚ the only type of music that was even recognized that the time was sacred church music . Vocal music in the Medieval period was characterized mainly by chanting religious texts to simple melodies
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There were a lot of great composers in the Baroque period. One of the composers that was very famous during this period was Johann Sebastian Bach. He was considered a magnificent baroque-era composer. Bach had a distinguished musical descend and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century. Bach won the post of organist at the court of the Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar. He wrote many church cantatas and some of his best compositions for the organ while working for the duke. During
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Baroque Art Styles Amber Eagler American Intercontinental University Abstract The author of this paper has chosen three works of art from the Baroque Style. The three works of art are as follows; Pieta‚ The Entombment‚ and Rembrandt’s Belshazzar. The author gives her insight about the painterly appearance of the works of art. In this paper‚ we will analyze these three paintings and how they fit into the Baroque time period. Baroque Art Styles This paper will start with an explanation
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Music throughout the ages has changed dramatically. Starting in the Medieval period‚ from 400-1475‚ music was in the form of what is called the Gregorian chant. Instruments were very rarely used at this time. Since songs during this period were either troubadour or trouvere these chants had no real harmony. One example of this type of medieval composition is "Viderunt Omnes" by Leoninus. Like most Gregorian chants the texture of this piece is monophonic and polyphonic. "Viderunt Omnes" is a
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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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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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What were the primary influences that shaped the Baroque form in Italian and northern European Art and Architecture? Many believe the term Baroque derives from the Portuguese word barroco‚ meaning an irregularly shaped pearl (Sayre 677). Originally‚ it was used in a derogatory manner with connotations of bizarre and strange‚ implying bad taste. Ironically‚ some of the most profound and beautiful works of art and architecture were created in this era. Religion‚ economics‚ the rise of absolute monarchy
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The Baroque Era The Seventeenth Century Nikita Reid “A General Overview of the Chapter” During the end of the sixteenth century to the mid eighteenth century‚ the Baroque Era prospered in Europe and its provinces. This section studies the Baroque expressions and the political setting against which they created. The writing of this period incorporated various subjects and structures‚ some recognizable yet numerous new and inventive. As the government developed progressively absolutist the
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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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