Transcript A HISTORY OF MUSIC

A HISTORY OF MUSIC
ORCHESTRA 2013-2014
BAROQUE PERIOD
• BAROQUE MEANS “ODDLY SHAPED PEARL”
• 1600-1750
• PERIOD RIGHT AFTER MIDEIVAL
• A TIME OF EXPLORATION AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION
BAROQUE ART
“DAVID”, BY BERNINI
SCULPTED FOR A CARDINAL IN THE 1600S
WHAT ELSE WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD?
• THINKERS: DESCARTES AND LOCKE
• COPERNICUS: 16C THEORY THAT THE PLANETS DO NOT REVOLVE AROUND THE EARTH
• TELESCOPE INVENTED
THE COMPOSERS
• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
• BRANDENBURG CONCERTI
• GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL
• HORNPIPE/WATERMUSIC
• ORGAN MUSIC
• CONCERTI GROSSI
• TELEMANN
• WHO ELSE?
• ANTONIO VIVALDI
• THE FOUR SEASONS
• CONCERTO
MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• LET’S LISTEN!
• WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BAROQUE MUSIC
• CONTRAST
• HARMONY
• LOUD AND SOFT
• FIGURED BASS
• SOLO AND ENSEMBLE (CONCERTO)
• PREDICTABLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS
• COMPOSERS SPECIFY INSTRUMENTS
• HARPSICHORD
• SONATA, TRIO SONATA
• VIOLIN AND TRUMPET BECAME
INCREASINGLY POPULAR
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
• RESEARCH BAROQUE MUSIC AND DISCOVER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
• BAROQUE COMPOSER
• CHARACTERISTIC OF BAROQUE MUSIC
• SIMILARITY BETWEEN BAROQUE MUSIC AND OTHER AREAS SUCH AS ART OR ARCHITECTURE
• TYPE OF COMPOSITION WRITTEN IN THE BAROQUE TIME
• WRITE DOWN YOUR RESEARCH, CITE THE SOURCE OF YOUR RESEARCH, AND TURN IN ON
WEDNESDAY!