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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
• He was taught to play the violin and
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

• Orgel-Büchlein. Owing to politics

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

• Contributions:
• Toccata and Fugue in D
minor
• ..\Downloads\J.S. Bach - T
occata and Fugue in D min
or BWV 565.mp4
• Mass in B minor
 ANTONIO VIVALDI

• Born in Venice, Antonio Vivaldi was

trained in music as a child, but was
ordained as a priest in 1703.
• “Il Prete Rosso” (the Red Priest)
• or simply to the fact that music was
the Red Priest’s true calling.
 ANTONIO VIVALDI
• Antonio Vivaldi was named master of
violin 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

• He found himself without a

prominent 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
• Contributions:
• 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

• become a violinist in the opera house at

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.
 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

• 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

• Contributions:
• ‘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’).
BACH, VIVALDI,
OR HANDEL
 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.
 QUIZ TIME!
• 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.