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Erica Bullock Professor Copeland Survey of Music February 16, 2015 Baroque and Classical Opera: A Comparison Operas are a unique form of entertainment that are typically a written drama piece put to music and performed by instrumentalists and acting singers They became popular in the seventeenth century coming out of the renaissance and into the popularity of Baroque Operas. This eventually shifted the attention to the next type of opera: Classical Operas in the eighteenth century. Each type

Baroque Music The word Baroque was derived from the word barroco, which is used to mean the period in which western region widely used music especially in the nineteenth century to express how the European artist practiced the art. When the historical happenings of the music in well explored, the critics who applied the musical knowledge made it look strange and majorly sounded exaggerated. Furthermore, ornamentals were initially used during the era of Bash and Handel. After the brand of music had

The Baroque Era The Baroque era was a unique period in music that began during the 1600's and ended around 1750. The word "baroque" is define by Merriam's Collegiate Dictionary as, "of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent esp. in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension." The word "baroque" has

When thinking about the Baroque period, people tend to only associate it with instrumentalists and composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, George Fredrich Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. However, in addition to such instrumentalist and composers, there are some great vocalists who represent the Baroque period but are not widely recognized today. Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi, who is better know by his stage name, Farinelli, is an Italian vocalist of the 18th century and one of the remarkable

Baroque art was predominantly spiritual in nature, as most art form this era was based on the Christian belief and stories. After this period, there was a lot of political influence on people that steered people away from the spiritual aspect, and the focus became on more realistic ideas and non-spiritual subjects. Neoclassicism started to become popular, so people focused on the more classical aspect of art. I really enjoyed learning about the Baroque Period, the art was more exaggerated than

The Baroque Period The Baroque Period (1600-1750) was mainly a period of newly discovered ideas. From major new innovations in science, to vivid changes in geography, people were exploring more of the world around them. The music of the baroque period was just as extreme as the new changes. Newly recognized composers such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Monteverdi were writing entirely new musical ideas and giving a chance for new voices to be heard that were normally not thought of sounds

Baroque: Protestant vs. Catholic Before the purity of Neoclassicism, even before the carefree artists of the Rococo era, there was the dramatic and emotive Baroque. The term "baroque" is said to have been derived from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl, and is certainly an adequate description. In the wake of what has become known as the Protest Reformation, the Catholic Church held the infamous Council of Trent. This eighteen year deliberation addressed several aspects of Catholicism

were a lot of characteristics for Baroque music. Baroque comes from the Italian word barocco meaning bizarre, which describes all the different styles of the music. Out of all the characteristics, none of them can be singled out; the music has a methodical quality. Style features of the Late Baroque Music consisted of: Rhythm, dynamics, tone color, melody, ornamentation, texture, and musical form. All of the above presents somewhat of a contradiction. Baroque art and architecture traits affected

The time period of 1600-1760 is known as the Baroque. The term “Baroque” is derived from the Portuguese “barroco” which is used to describe an irregularly shaped pearl. The word was synonymous with absurd, irregular, and extravagant before being applied to this time period of music (Anderson 7). I decided to research this time period because after listening to music from a wide range of time periods, I found the music of the Baroque period to be most appealing. Therefore, I thought it worthy

Baroque Art in Europe and North America      Throughout this research paper the topic is going to be along the lines of the Baroque Art in Europe and North America, which comes from chapter nineteen of our Art History book. The main purpose is to review major ideas and principles in this chapter by writing an analysis of certain points that were highlighted. For example, certain techniques that were used to define the Baroque Art, major sculptures, architectures, and paintings