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T he Baroque: 1600-1750

T he Baroque: 1600-1750. The Age of Musical Extravagance and Control; The Age of Absolutism. The role of the Baroque composer. Baroque composers as practical craftsmen, not as artists “with a calling” Music as functional, not as art object The composer as an artisan with a job.

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T he Baroque: 1600-1750

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  1. The Baroque: 1600-1750 The Age of Musical Extravagance and Control; The Age of Absolutism

  2. The role of the Baroque composer • Baroque composers as practical craftsmen, not as artists “with a calling” • Music as functional, not as art object • The composer as an artisan with a job

  3. 3 main venues for composers: • The Church: composers wrote and performed their own service music for services and ceremonies. • The court • The Opera house: those attached to courts, and public opera houses.

  4. The (Basso) Continuo • Keyboard, often harpsichord, sometimes organ or lute, plays a bass line, a melody line, and improvises chords from a figured bass, similar to the way a jazz or pop musician uses a fakebook. • The bass line is played by a low instrument, often cello or a low wind instrument

  5. Johann Sebastian Bach • Church musician • Court musician • Listening Examples: 1.) Goldberg Variation 1 (1955 and 1981) on my faculty webpage 2.) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude in C Major, on the 3-CD set bundled with your textbook, or on the 6-CD set on reserve in WCC library. 3.) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Fugue in C Major, on the 3-CD set bundled with your textbook, or on the 6-CD set on reserve in WCC library.

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