Baroque Period1600-1750
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SacredSecular Court musicians
TonalityMajorMinorModal
OrchestraViol familyViolin familyFlutes/RecordersOboesBassoonsHornsTrumpetsKettle Drums/ TimpaniHARPSICHORD!
OperaCamerata: words shouldnt be obscuredSimple melody lines, bass line, chords on topStagedMonteverdi, Orfeo
OratorioSacredUnstaged, no costumesRecitatives, arias and chorusesHandel, Messiah
SuiteCollection of dance movements
Allemande: 4/4, moderate tempo
Courante: 3/2 or 6/4 moderately fast
Sarabande:1 2 3, slow
Gigue/Jig: usually in compoud time
Minuet. Bouree, Gavotte, Passepied
ConcertoNew development3 movementsSoloist and OrchestraVivaldi and Telemann
Concerto GrossoGroup of soloists and orchestraHarpsichord continuoBach Brandenburg ConcertiVivaldi
FugueProfile of instrumental music raisedContrapuntal, based on imitation
Main subject begins, imitated at timed intervals by other partsMain subject recurs throughout piece in different instruments, and in different keys
ContinuoBass line played throughout a piece of musicBassoon or cello
Ground BassRepeated tune in bass linePlayed many timesPurcell, Dido and Aeneas
Features of the StyleTerraced dynamicsMelodies built from short, one-bar motifs instead of longer phrasesDriving sense of rhythmHighly ornamented
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