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The Baroque period, spanning from 1600 to 1750, is characterized by dramatic artistic styles across various forms, including music, sculpture, and literature. Baroque music features elaborate melodies, dynamic contrasts, and the emergence of new instrumental techniques, with significant genres including opera, oratorio, and cantata. Key developments include the introduction of monody and the use of instruments like the harpsichord and organ, with notable works such as Monteverdi's 'Orfeo' and Handel's 'Messiah.'

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The Baroque period, spanning from 1600 to 1750, is characterized by dramatic artistic styles across various forms, including music, sculpture, and literature. Baroque music features elaborate melodies, dynamic contrasts, and the emergence of new instrumental techniques, with significant genres including opera, oratorio, and cantata. Key developments include the introduction of monody and the use of instruments like the harpsichord and organ, with notable works such as Monteverdi's 'Orfeo' and Handel's 'Messiah.'

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BAROQUE

BAROQUE PERIOD
The Baroque is often
thought of as a period
of artistic style that
used exaggerated
motion and clear,
easily interpreted
detail to produce
drama, tension,
exuberance, and
grandeur in sculpture,
painting, architecture,
literature, dance,
theater, and music.

B A R O Q U E (1600 1750)
This

period began
in 1600 until 1750s.
The
word
baroque
comes
from
the
Portuguese
word
barroco,
meaning
misshapen pearl

Characteristics of Baroque Music


Melodies

sound elaborate and ornamental


Melodies are not easy to sing or remember
Primarily contrapuntal textures with some
homophony
Dynamic contrast alternation between
loud and soft
Music genres operas, oratorios, suites,
toccatos, concerto grosso
Orchestra consists of strings and continuo
Harpsichord and organ are the keyboard
instruments that are commonly used.

By

adding the accidentals the


major/minor key system is developed.
Most common instruments during this
period are harpsichord and organ.
During this period, instrumental
music became as important as the
vocal music.
New instrumental techniques and
changes in musical notation were
developed.

Monody

was
an
important
development in Baroque music that
distinguishes it from the polyphonybased vocal music of the Renaissance
period, in which multiple singers sang
different melodic lines simultaneously.
Camerata (Italian word for society) is
a group of composers, nobles and
poets who meet together to discuss
different things which includes arts.

VOCAL FORMS

OPERA

OPERA
A drama that is primarily
sung,
accompanied
by
instruments, and presented
on stage. Operas typically
alternate
between
recitative, speech-like song
that advances the plot and
arias,
song
in
which

Recitative- is a free form for solo


voice with accompaniment in
which the vocal melody
approximates the natural rhythm
and pitch inflected.
b) b. Aria- is a song for solo and
accompaniment in which the
vocal parts is written in a fairly
complex style, often with several
notes to each syllable of the
text.
a)

The

firs opera was


written in 1957,
called Dafne by
Peri.
The truly great
opera was composed
by Monteverdi in
1607 and was called
Orfeo

ORATORIO

ORATORIO

An
extended
musical drama with
text
based
on
religious
subject
matter, intended for
performance without

same as in
opera. The main
difference was
that an Oratorio
was based on a
sacred story.
The well
known oratorio
is the Messiah
by Handel

CANTATA

CANTATA

An extended
consisting of a
succession of
recitatives and set
pieces such as arias,
duet and choruses.

Is

a vocal
composition with
an instrumental
accompaniment,
typically in several
movements, often,
involving a choir.
Best known
cantata is JS
Bachs Awake, A
Voice is Calling
Us.

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