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1. Music: An Appreciation8th Editionby Roger Kamien Unit IV
The Baroque Period
1600-1750
3. The Baroque Style Time of flamboyant lifestyle
4. Chpt. 1: Baroque Music Period begins with rise of Opera
5. Unity of Mood
6. Texture
7. Based on violin family of instruments
8. Instrumental music frequently made up of movements
9. Chpt. 2: Music in Baroque Society Music written to order
10. Chpt. 2: Music in Baroque Society Some aristocrats were musicians
11. Chpt. 3: The Concerto Grosso and Ritornello Form Concerto Grosso
12. Chpt. 3: The Concerto Grosso and Ritornello Form Ritornello
13. Listening Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 in D major by Johann Sebastian Bach
14. Chpt. 4: The Fugue Polyphonic composition
15. Listening Organ Fugue in G minor
by J. S. Bach
16. Chpt. 5: The Elements of Opera Drama sung to orchestra accompaniment
17. Chpt. 5: The Elements of Opera Chorus: groups of actors playing crowd parts
18. Chpt. 6: Opera in the Baroque Era Result of musical discussions of the Camerata in Florence
19. Chpt. 7: Claudio Monteverdi Italian, early Baroque composer
20. Listening Tu Se� Morta from Orfeo by Monteverdi
21. Chpt. 8: Henry Purcell English composer (1659-1695)
22. Listening Dido�s Lament from Dido and Aeneas by Purcell
23. Chpt. 9: The Baroque Sonata Instrumental work
24. Chpt 10: Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op.3 No. 10
by Arcangelo Corelli
For 2 violins and basso continuo
Listening Guide: p. 154
Supplementary Set, CD 1:2
Note: Polyphonic texture
Multi movement work
Contrast between movements
25. Chpt. 11: Antonio Vivaldi Late Baroque Italian composer
26. Listening La Primavera (Spring), Op. 8, No. 1, from The Four Seasons (1725) by Vivaldi
Listening Guide: p. 158
Brief Set, CD 2:1
Concerto for violin and string orchestra
Note: Polyphonic texture & ritornello form
Baroque program music
Descriptive effects (e.g., bird songs)
27. Chpt. 12: Johann Sebastian Bach German, late Baroque composer
28. Chpt. 13: The Baroque Suite Instrumental, Multi-movement work
29. Listening Suite No. 3 in D Major (~1730)
by J. S. Bach, 2nd, 4th, & 5th mvts.
Listening Guide: p. 171
Basic Set, CD 2:33, 35, 37
Note: Extensive polyphony
Contrast of dance forms and
tempo in various movements
30. Chpt. 14: The Chorale and Church Cantata Lutheran church service was social event of the week
31. Listening Cantata No. 140: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme (Awake, A Voice Is Calling Us)
by J. S. Bach (1731), Movements 1, 4, & 7
Listening Guides: p. 177
Basic Set, CD 2:39, 42, 45
Note: Vernacular (German) text
Chorale tune basis
Polyphonic until chorale in movement 7
Movement 7�provides for congregation to join in
32. Chpt. 15: The Oratorio Like opera:
Large-scale work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra
Contains arias, recitatives, ensembles
33. Chpt. 16: George Frederic Handel Born in Germany�same year as Bach
Not from musical family
Father wanted him to be a lawyer
34. Listening From The Messiah by G. F. Handel (1741)
Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
Listening Guide: p. 187 Basic Set, CD 2:50