Baroque

through history. These music pieces are extremely beautiful that no one will never forget. For example; Dido and Aeneas, Spring from The Four Seasons, Water Music, and West Side Story. For starters, Purcell is the creator of Dido and Aeneas during the Baroque period. This piece tells a story as It flows from character to character along with the string orchestra. It is extremely significant in history because the music takes you through a timelessness amount of emotions through the love story. Also, “it

Baroque Architecture: Incorrectly Applied It can be argued that although unparalleled artistic works and architecture of grand opulence arose during the Baroque from the large financial investment that the Catholic Church contributed to this movement, the actual intention of baroque architecture directly contradicts the primary complaints presented by Martin Luther in his Ninety-Five Theses, and from its start, failed to support the church in its intended manner. It logically follows that to resolve

universe. On the other hand, World War I left behind chaos, despair, and disillusionment. Every time period has had its own different set of cultural and social norms as well as people expressing their opinions against them causing change. During the Baroque Era women were considered inferior to men and treated like delicate creatures. Women’s only responsibility was to take care of the house and the children. In the painting Kitchen Maid by Jan Vermeer a woman is shown in the kitchen making bread. She

Baroque Dates: 1600 -1750 1.  What does “musical style” mean? Genre is the type of music. Style is how you sing it. 2. What was going historically during this era?  What was life like? The Baroque was a period of absolute monarchs. The monarchs had total control over every aspect of their realms: the economy, the books, the style of art, and even life and death. Louis XIV became the model and he set the stage for many things going on during this period. In many parts of Europe, a strict social

Thus the word "baroque," usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, the ornate, formal and strict form of the High Baroque became “old-fashion” and lost its favor. Music slowly began to change form the style and forms of the High Baroque to a simpler

Originating around the 17th century in the western world, Baroque music was a product of the greater “Baroque” time period. This period of unique cultural inspiration began in Rome and Italy, the countries that also initiated the Renaissance, to spread to the majority of Europe and even parts of Eurasia. This was a time that correlated with the innovation and thirst for knowledge of the Renaissance, with music and the arts literally taking center stage in European life. Music was not only revitalized

polyphonic settings of the Ordinary of the Mass. The instrumental music of the Renaissance largely fell into two categories: transcriptions of vocal music, and dance music. The Baroque era of Western classical music is usually defined as the period from 1600 to 1750.Two stylistic tendencies that partially define the Baroque were an increased interest in the solo

their own ideas to use and sometimes created ground breaking movements. The movement between the Baroque era and the Classical era was a movement of almost all changes. Changes from the melody to the form of the composition. The Classical era following the Baroque era was full of changes, differing from one another drastically. The Baroque period began around the 1600’s until around the 1750’s. The Baroque era of music was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history. This era saw the development

The History of Western Music Throughout history all cultures have been influenced by music. Before the Baroque era in music there were many forms of western music. Most of this music was monophonic, sung in chant used mostly for religious purposes. During the previous millennia most music was sung in chant form with very little accompaniment, save a harp or a violin. In these times music was a simple art, sung by the people to praise the Lord. Eventually polyphonic music developed, first starting

The concert by the Croatian Baroque Ensemble was different. I am not an enthusiast of classical music so it was nice for a change. The performance featured a group of performers clad in black. There was virtually no movement around the stage and the