Baroque periods

Baroque Dates: (1600-1750)   1. What does “musical style” mean? Different types of musical compositions developed throughout different eras 2. What was going historically during this era?  What was life like? New ideas and art was being introduced everywhere. It was a time of personal expression and drama. There was controversy between Catholics and Protestants which caused long periods of religious war. It was also a time of scientific research and astronomical studies. 3. Was did

When one thinks of the most influential composers of the Classical period, who comes to mind? To name a few, most individuals would state Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. All three of these men made great contributions to Classical music. However, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was considered one of the greatest works of Classical music by both complying to and stretching the norms of the era. Not only did Beethoven represent the formal ideals of the era, but he also opened the era to new possibilities of

Renaissance and Baroque era entailed very different characteristics, due to the Renaissance composers writing more freely and being more individual then those of the Baroque era where they followed more ‘rules’ and experimented less. This essay will show the difference in two pieces by different composers, even though they were written less than a century apart. Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer born in 1554 and wrote many works in the ‘in between’ stage of Renaissance and Baroque. He was a composer

Born and raised in Eisenach, Germany John Sebastian Bach has become known as one of the great composers in Western musical history. At the young age of only nine Johns parents tragically died and he was sent to live with his brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist. Being around music because of his brother, John learned how to play the keyboard and studied composition all by himself. He worked as a court composer at Cothen, an organist, and then he worked as a musical director at St. Thomas

Introduction: In the classical period most people only described the 18th century music as classical music (style) but it was carefully divided between 3 main styles namely the Gallante style, the Empfindsam style and Sturm und Drang and finally the Classical style. Later during the 17th century the music styles became more important and because of the large number of instrumental players in the orchestra and most of the growth took place in the orchestra field. The first genre that came to rise

During the Classical period, it was common for music to be louder, faster and not written for the church like it had been written in the Baroque or Renaissance period. Instead of the music being performed in churches, it was performed in concert halls or in the palace. Some of the most recognizable artists during that time were Mozart, Beethoven, and Hayden. A lesser known artist, Muzio Clementi, an Italian-born pianist, who was alive during 1752 to 1832 and lived most of this life in England during

Romantic Period (Classical Era) Musical style, harmony and melody grew more and more complex during the Baroque period. As such, during the classical era there was an emergence of a new style of music, the Classical style (Mostlywind.co.uk, 2015). The Classical musical style was characaterised by a simple, delicate expression of music that was meant to please its listeners with a refined sound, as such, there was very little to no dissonance used in all pieces. The melody during this time period was

is constantly changing. The Baroque period (1600-1750) and the Classical period (1750-1820) have both differences and similarities in elements such as form, texture, and dynamics. I will be comparing the first movement of Spring from the Four Seasons composed by Antonio Vivaldi and the first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven. I will construct a stylistic comparison of the two compositions and their musical stylings with regard to the periods of music of which they belong

Cambridge dictionary the Enlightenment was a period in the eighteenth century in Europe when many people began to emphasize the importance of science and reason, rather than religion and tradition. It was also known as the Age of Reason as it promoted the importance of individual thoughts with a focus on scientific thought and reason rather than tradition. This cultural movement is evident across all the arts; philosophy, science, literature and music. Baroque composers often had an exuberance in their

Grosso by Alban Berg, Bill Evans, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich prove to be no different. All three pieces draw on the inspirations left by their predecessors in order to create truly unique and memorable works. Though the pieces are from the same time period, they sound inherently different. This all stems from the fact that each composer drew from dissimilar musical eras and put their own type of improvisation or flares on the work. Berg draws on stylistic elements of the romantic era opera. In his