Enlightenment: Music & Art

Baroque vs. Rococo

Baroque:
During time of absolute monarchs Grand & complex; painting were huge, colorful, & full of excitement Glorified historic battles or lives of saints Matched the grandeur of European courts

Rococo:
mid-1700s Personal, elegant, charming, delicate Rural settings surrounded by happy servants and pets

Baroque or Rococo?

Baroque or Rococo?

Enlightenment Music: from Baroque to Classical

New kinds of musical entertainment evolved during this era ballets and operas Music followed ordered, structured forms suited to the Age of Reason (Enlightenment)

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685-1750
Baroque Period - wrote complex, beautiful religious works for organ and choirs Works include the Brandenburg Concertos, Fugue in C Minor, Fugue in D Minor

George Frederick Handel

1685-1759
Baroque Period wrote Water Music for King George I of England Most famous work, the Messiah, is a standard at Christmas and Easter

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756-1791
Classical Period - wrote over 600 works including brilliant operas, symphonies, and religious music that defined a new style of composition (see
p. 454)

Works include Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770-1827
Classical Period-regarded as one of the most important of a generation of young composers following Haydn and Mozart Completely deaf by his 30s, he continued to compose, conduct, and perform Works include Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy), Fr Elise, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathtique)