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 BAROQUE MUSIC

• Derived from the Portuguese barroco, or “oddly shaped pearl”

• To the nineteenth century critics who applied the term, the music of
Bach and Handel’s era sounded overly ornamented and
exaggerated.
• Expresses order yet it is always lively and tuneful.
 GENRES IN BAROQUE MUSIC

•CONCERTO = ORCHESTRA W/
SOLO INSTRUMENT
 CONCERTO GROSSO

•CONCERTO GROSSO=
ORCHESTRA (TUTTI) W/ SMALL
GROUP OF SOLO INSTRUMENTS
(CONCERTINO)
 FUGUE

•COUNTERPOINT = SUBJECT
(MELODY) AND ANSWER
(HARMONY) EX. ROUND SONG
 CHORALE

•– musical compositions that resemble a

harmonized version of hymnal tunes of
the Protestant Church during the
Baroque era.
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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• He was taught to play the violin and
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harpsichord by his father, Johann Ambrosius
, a court trumpeter in the service of the Duke
of Eisenach.
• From 1708 to 1717 Bach worked for Duke
Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, first as court
organist, and after 1714, as Kapellmeister
• and married his cousin, Maria Barbara
Bach.
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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• Orgel-Büchlein. Owing to politics picture
between the Duke and his officials
• he met his second wife, soprano
Anna Magdalena Wilcke
• Besieged by diabetes, he died on July
28, 1750.
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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• Contributions: picture
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor
• ..\Downloads\J.S. Bach - Toccata
and Fugue in D minor BWV 565.
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• Mass in B minor
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or - Kyrie I - Herreweghe.mp4
 ANTONIO VIVALDI
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• Born in Venice, Antonio Vivaldi was trained
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in music as a child, but was ordained as a
priest in 1703.
• “Il Prete Rosso” (the Red Priest)
• “tightness of the chest,” a condition some
have attributed to angina pectoris,
asthmatic bronchitis—or simply to the fact
that music was the Red Priest’s true
calling.
 ANTONIO VIVALDI
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• Antonio Vivaldi was named master of violin
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at the Ospedale della Pietà (Devout Hospital
of Mercy) in Venice
• In 1716, he was promoted to music director
• Vivaldi left Venice for Vienna, Austria,
possibly hoping to find a position in the
imperial court located there.
 ANTONIO VIVALDI
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• He found himself without a prominent
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patron following the death of Charles VI,
however, and died in poverty in Vienna on
July 28, 1741. He was buried in a simple
grave after a funeral service that
proceeded without music.
 ANTONIO VIVALDI
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• Contributions:
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• His two most successful operatic
works, La constanza trionfante and
Farnace,
• He was also known for his operas,
including Argippo and Bajazet.
• The Four Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn
and Winter)
• ..\Downloads\Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (Full) -
The Four Seasons.mp4
 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
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• become a violinist in the opera house at
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Hamburg
• Handel left Italy to become Kapellmeister to
the Elector of Hanover
• Handel arrived in London as a famous opera
composer. By the early 1730s, the assaults of
critics and the notoriously lascivious
lifestyles of the singers had worn down
London audiences, and Handel needed to
find a new medium for his art.
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• The oratorio was the perfect solution
• similar to opera in their use of recitative and
aria, but were rarely staged, and were based on
stories from the Bible in the vernacular
 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
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• ‘Water Music’ was written to be played on a boat
as the King travelled along the river Thames in
London.
• Music for the Royal Fireworks’ was written to
go with a fireworks display.
• • The ‘Hallelujah’ chorus (from the
‘Messiah’).
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Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus.mp4
 QUIZ TIME!
• 1. He was taught to play the violin and harpsichord by his father.
• 2. He faced a problem as his genre didn’t work to his audience so he
needed to find a new medium for his art and oratorio was the perfect
solution.
• 3. He’s also known as the “Il Prete Rosso” (the Red Priest).
• 4. He died because of diabetes on July 28, 1750.
• 5. He was also known for his operas, including Argippo and Bajazet.
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• 6. He was the Kapellmeister (person in charge of music) for George,
Elector of Hanover.
• 7. He composed ‘The ‘Hallelujah’ chorus (from the ‘Messiah’).
• 8. He was named master of violin at the Ospedale della Pietà.
• 9. He wrote his four-part masterpiece, The Four Seasons.
• 10. Composed the Toccata and Fugue in D minor.