I can classify baroque music Do Now: What are the three most popular genre’s of music according to this graph? Add numbers to support your answer and RTQ!!!!!
Jan 21, 2016
I can classify baroque music
Do Now: What are the three most popular genre’s of music according to this graph? Add numbers to support your answer and RTQ!!!!!
Baroque MusicPart 3
1600-1750
George Friderick Handel
George Frideric Handel
• Born in Halle, Germany (one month before Bach)– not from a musical family– father wanted him to be a lawyer. – Started off composing opera – wrote music for the Queen of England– Went blind from cataracts at the end of
his life.– Buried in Westminster Abbey
Handel - Westminster
The Oratorio
•Oratorio:– is a large-scale composition for
chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra.– Uses aria and recitatives just like
opera
• Usually lasts approximately 2 hours
The Oratorio
• Tells a story through singing
• Unlike opera because there is no acting, scenery, props, or costumes.
• Most of the stories in oratorios are biblical, although it is not a requirement.
Handel’s Oratorios
• Stories in the oratorios are generally from the Old Testament of the Bible
• These were performed for a paying public, not performed for free in church on Sunday.
• Chorus is the most important part!
Handel’s Messiah
• The whole work lasts 2 ½ hours.• It was composed in just a short 24
days!• Premiered in Dublin, Ireland in 1742 as
a benefit for people in debtor's prison• Only one of Handel’s oratorios to use
New Testament verses• Tells the story of Jesus’ life from birth
to death.
Review
Baroque Era 1600-1750
Baroque Forms
• Opera• Aria• Recitative• Concerto• Concerto Grosso• Ritornello Form
• Fugue• Suite• Chorale• Cantata• Oratorio
Baroque Terms
• Unity of Mood• Terraced
Dynamics• Basso Continuo• Baroque Orchestra• Movement• Patron• Music Director
• Libretto• Librettist• Overture/Prelude• Ritornello• Tutti• Theme
Baroque Listening Examples• Pachelbel’s Canon in D
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjQJuQN6hs
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7B1tNDvWQE
• “Hallelujah Chorus” from The Messiah by George Frederic Handel– http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=ann
otation_201752&feature=iv&src_vid=a1t61aAbgtE&v=JtoNHnR_WhE
Output • Create a short crossword puzzle using these
10 words as answers. Make sure to include “down” and “across” hints.
– Fugue– Concerto– Patron– Opera– Terraced Dynamics