King Charles I School Knowledge Organiser - Music department Spring 1 - Year 10

The Baroque Concerto 1600-1750

Key Vocabulary Balanced phrases Phrase length of an even number
Polyphonic/contrapuntal Independent melodies played at the
Key Baroque
Concertino A group of solo instruments played in the Concerto Grosso. same time.
Composers Homophonic All parts moving together in harmony

• Corelli Concerto Grosso A small group of soloists accompanied by

Continuo Instruments providing a harmonic (and bass) an orchestra (usually just strings)
• Bach (Basso Continuo accompaniment in Baroque music, usually harpsichords and Solo Concerto A solo instrumentalist accompanied by an
cello orchestra.
• Handel Concerto A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments
Features of Baroque Music accompanied by an orchestra.
• Vivaldi  Use of the harpsichord as aThe
continuo
Ripeno larger instrument
ensemble (Usually the orchestras string section)
 Use of pairs of oboes/horns
 Use ofVirtuoso
recorders A performer who has an outstanding technical ability on
their instrument. The music they play is described as
 Imitation
‘Virtuoisic’.
 Counterpoint / contrapuntal / polyphonic
Ornamentation Decorative notes that help to fill out a melody. E.g. Trills,
 Dialogues between instruments
Turns,and voices
Grace / imitation
notes.
 Ornamentation/trills
Terraced Dynamics change suddenly (by step)
 Step/dynamic volume changes
dynamics
Ritornello form A form where “little returns”/repetitions of a theme are
The Concerto Grosso The Solodivided by (solo) episodes.
Concerto

A small group of soloists accompanied by

Developed
a large group
afterofThe
instruments.
Concerto Grosso.

These two groups are contrasted with one

Nowanother.
just one
Sometimes
soloist instrument
both playaccompanied
together, sometimes one plays by itself, or the two
groups might imitate one another. by an orchestra.

Typical instruments used: Strings, Woodwind

Technically
(records,
demanding
oboes, bassoons),
passages for
Brass
the(Trumpets
soloist. and horns without valves), Timpani.

Example: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in GVivaldi’s

Example: major ‘The Four Seasons’

There are usually 3 movements; Fast, slow, fast.