Transcript Music from the Baroque Time Period

Music from the Baroque
Time Period
LTMS MUSIC DEPARTMENT
The Baroque Period
1600-1750
 What was going on in history?
 Galileo
and Isaac Newton were
making important discoveries in
science
 Kings and Queens were the main
powers throughout Europe
 Early colonies were being established
in America
Baroque Style
 Baroque means “ornamented” or
highly decorated.
 The music was very complicated
 Harpsichord important
 Baroque styles contains the following:
 Instruments and Voices freely mixed
 Ornamentation
 Dance Rhythms
Tuesday
Baroque Musical Instruments
 Strings
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Lute – guitar-like instrument with six pairs of
strings
Violin – Similar to today’s violin but the bow
was curved outward
Baroque Instruments
 Woodwind
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Flute – originally made of wood
Recorder – forerunner of the flute
Wednesday
Baroque Instruments
 Brass
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Sackbut – predecessor of the trombone
Trumpet – coiled metal instrument with no
valves
Baroque Instruments
 Keyboard
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Harpsichord – strings are plucked to
produce a sound
Organ – compressed air vibrates in tuned pipes to
produce sound. Multiple keyboards & pedal board
(pedals play very low notes)
Thursday – Baroque Composers
J.S. Bach
 German
 Court Musician
 Had 20 children
 Wrote The
Brandenburg
Concertos and
more than 500
other pieces
G. F. Handel
 Born in Germany
but spent most of
his life in England
 Was put in jail for
tax evasion
 Wrote his most
famous work, The
Messiah, in just
24 days
Antonio Vivaldi
 Italian
 Priest and
Teacher
 Taught at an
orphanage for
girls
 Wrote The Four
Seasons and
Gloria