The Baroque Period
The 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 continuous with wide leaps, chromatic tones for emotional effect, while in Classical music phrasing was short, balanced and based on cadences. Classical music has very clear melodies and can be identified easily. To be clear, it’s a single
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The dynamics change suddenly rather than gradually as they contrast the forte or piano to make the echo effects. However, Classical music used more dynamics. For example, the uses of continuously changing dynamics through crescendo and decreacendo. In Baroque music, the string orchestra concept begun, with added woodwinds. Also, the harpsichord or organ were used instead of a piano instruments and it was the main social instrument. In Classical, the orchestra was enlarged and organised into it’s present four families(woodwind, string, brass and percussion. The orchestra was massive advancments in the string section and brass took a bigger role, more percussion like bass drum, snare drum, cymbals and triangle was used and the clarinet and trombone was added. Also, the piano was invented and used and became the main social instrument of the day. Baroque music also allowed for much more improvisation than Classical music and featured many more opportunities for ensemble soloing. The soloists often improvised melodies and phrases. And the harmonies realized from figured bass. During the classical period, musicians were known to follow the music rather than improvising and adding ornamentation. Especially, their improvisation are largely limited to cadenzes in concertos. Furthermore, in Baroque music, each piece features a single emotion, meaning, a piece that begins happy will remain happy. However, Classical music is emotional balance and
The dynamics change suddenly rather than gradually as they contrast the forte or piano to make the echo effects. However, Classical music used more dynamics. For example, the uses of continuously changing dynamics through crescendo and decreacendo. In Baroque music, the string orchestra concept begun, with added woodwinds. Also, the harpsichord or organ were used instead of a piano instruments and it was the main social instrument. In Classical, the orchestra was enlarged and organised into it’s present four families(woodwind, string, brass and percussion. The orchestra was massive advancments in the string section and brass took a bigger role, more percussion like bass drum, snare drum, cymbals and triangle was used and the clarinet and trombone was added. Also, the piano was invented and used and became the main social instrument of the day. Baroque music also allowed for much more improvisation than Classical music and featured many more opportunities for ensemble soloing. The soloists often improvised melodies and phrases. And the harmonies realized from figured bass. During the classical period, musicians were known to follow the music rather than improvising and adding ornamentation. Especially, their improvisation are largely limited to cadenzes in concertos. Furthermore, in Baroque music, each piece features a single emotion, meaning, a piece that begins happy will remain happy. However, Classical music is emotional balance and