Markham Woods Middle Music History Part 2 The Baroque Period.

Markham Woods Middle

Music History

Part 2

The Baroque Period

Baroque Period: Time Span

• 1600 – 1750• Derived from a Portuguese word

meaning “Oddly Shaped Pear”• Baroque Music:

– Highly Ornate, Lavishly Texturized, Very Intense

– Contrasting Volumes, Varied Tempi, More Artistic Freedom

Baroque Period: The Music

• What’s New?– Opera

• A drama with intense vocal music and instrumental accompaniment

• Originated in Italy

– England – Masque• Opera performed privately for royalty only

– Comic Opera• Created as a parody to generate humor

Baroque Period: The Music

• Orchestra– Mainly string instruments– Wind instruments doubled parts

• List of instrument later in this section

– Solo Concerto towards end of period• Solo instrument with orchestra

accompaniment

Baroque Period: The Music

• Fugue– Monothematic melody restated by different

instruments• Variation

– Melody played 1st time and repeated in a more ornamental form

• Chorale Prelude– Mainly composed for church– Slow melody with fast moving accompaniment

• Dance Suite– Moderate speed for dancing with repeated

melody

Baroque Period: The Instruments

• Violin

Baroque Period: The Instruments

• Flute

Baroque Period: The Instruments

• Oboe

Baroque Period: The Instruments

• Horn

Baroque Period: The Instruments

• Timpani– Kettle Drum

Baroque Period: The Instruments

• Organ

Baroque Period: The Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach– Church Organist– Composer: Organ Music– Music Family

• 20 Children– CPE Bach

– Wilhelm F Bach

• “Fugue In G Minor”• “Brandenburg Concerto”

Baroque Period: The Composers

• Antonio Vivaldi– Ospendale della Pietà Director of Music– Master of melodic invention– 350 Concertos (2/3 for violin) v

• The Four Seasons: Winter

Baroque Period: The Composers

• George Friderick Handel– Opera Composer– Born in Germany– Worked for King George I

• “The Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus”