The Baroque Period

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Camila Arena
Samantha Farias
Teacher: Stephanie Cardenas
 Characteristics of Baroque Music

1. Contrast
Contrast, as an essential dramatic element, was employed to express the meaning of
the text. This was done by the change of instrument numbers or with the change of
movements, in the Baroque style.

2. Layered Melodies
Layered melodies were commonly used in Baroque works. This meant that two or
more melodies would simultaneously follow each other in a different row. This
created a counterpoint effect.

When two or more melodies are layered in Baroque style, they have their rhythm and
contour. Additionally, they have to work together to make a harmonious sound. There are
many examples of it in Western music and was known as the counterpoint technique.

3. Monody
Monody in Baroque music is a solo voice singing a free melodic line extravagantly.
It came from an attempt by the Florentine Camerata in the 17th century to revive
old Greek ideals about melody and declamation.

In the Baroque period, no composer used the term “monody” to describe a piece of
music. Music was slowly turning homophonic. This meant that it was based on a single
melody with harmonic assistance provided by a keyboardist.
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Seville, baptized June 6, 1599-Madrid,
August 6, 1660), known as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish Baroque painter
considered one of the greatest exponents of Spanish painting and a master of art.
universal paint. He spent his early years in Seville, where he developed a
naturalistic style of gloomy lighting, influenced by Caravaggio and his followers.
At the age of 24, he moved to Madrid, where he was appointed King Philip IV's
painter and four years later he was promoted to chamber painter, the most
important position among court painters. In this work he devoted the rest of his
life. His job was to paint portraits of the king and his family.

Early years in Seville

He was baptized on June 6, 1599 in the church of San Pedro in Seville. Regarding
the date of his birth, Bardi ventures to say, without giving further details, that he
was probably born the day before his baptism, that is, June 5, 1599.
His parents were Juan Rodríguez de Silva, born in Seville, although of Portuguese
origin (his paternal grandparents, Diego Rodríguez and María Rodríguez de Silva,
had settled in the city from Porto), and Jerónima Velázquez, Sevillian by birth.3
they had married in the same church of San Pedro on December 28, 1597.4

La rendición de Breda
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez ( Seville , baptized June 6 , 1599 - Madrid , August
6 , 1660 ), known as Diego Velázquez , was a Spanish Baroque painter considered one of the
greatest exponents of Spanish painting and a master of art. universal paint . He spent his early years
in Seville, where he developed a naturalistic style of dark lighting , influenced by Caravaggio and his
followers. At the age of 24 he moved to Madrid, where he was appointed King Philip IV 's painter and
four years later was promoted to chamber painter , the most important position among court
painters. To this work he dedicated the rest of his life. His work consisted of painting portraits of the
king and his family, as well as other paintings intended to decorate royal mansions. His presence at
court allowed him to study the royal collection of paintings which, together with the teachings of his
first trip to Italy , where he got to know both ancient painting and what was done in his time, were
decisive influences in evolving into a style of great luminosity, with quick and loose brushstrokes. In
his maturity, from 1631, he painted in this way great works such asThe surrender of Breda . In his
last decade his style became more schematic and sketchy , reaching an extraordinary mastery
of light . This period began with the Portrait of Pope Innocent X , painted on his second trip to Italy,
and his last two masterpieces belong to it: Las meninas and Las hilanderas .