The Baroque Period
1600-1750
What was happening in the world during the Baroque Period?
1600 Shakespeare
writes Hamlet
16071st English Settlement
1610Confirms that Earth
revolves around the Sunand arrested by the
Catholic church
1611King James
Version Printed
1623Bernini’s “David Slaying
Goliath”
1638*Rembrandt’s “The Holy Family at Night”
Other Interesting Events
1692 - Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts 1719 – Robinson Crusoe is written1725 - Vivaldi writes the “Four Seasons”1726 – Gulliver’s Travels is written1741 – Handel’s Messiah is debuted
THE DEATH OF BACH!
1750
GUESS THE COMPOSER AND NAME A FAMOUS COMPOSITION
RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE
CALLED UPON
1.
Antonio Vivaldi “The Red Priest”
La Primavera (Spring), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1 (1725)
Or
“The Four Seasons”
2.In 1741, this composer wrote an English language oratorio that is approximately 3 ½ hours long. This oratorio takes the listener through the Prophecies, Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His compositions have been described as sounding “majestic.”
3.This German born composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B Minor and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor. He was not celebrated during his life because his music was “old fashioned” and was only later celebrated during the 1800s and onward. He died in 1750.
Characteristics of Baroque Music
• Unity of Mood• Rhythm•Melody• Dynamics•Words and Music
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