MUSC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: George Frideric Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi
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The baroque style: time of flamboyant lifestyle, visual art. Implies motion: busy, architecture, elaborate, changes in approach to science, experiment-based, not just observation. Johann sebasti n bach (period ends with bach"s death: george frederic handel. Other notes composers: claudio monteverdi, henry purcell, arcangelo corelli, antonio vivaldi. Period divided into 3 phrases: early (1600-1640, favored homophonic texture, middle (1640-1680, major and minor scales. Late (1680-1750: dominant chord to the tonic. The baroque orchestra: based on violin family of instruments, varying instruments. Small by modern standards: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, nucleus was basso continuo unit, composers specified instrumentation, tone color was subordinate to melody, rhythm and harmony, composers obtained beautiful effects from specific tone color. Opera in the baroque era: results of musical discussion of the camerata in florence. First known opera: euridice (1600: orfeo (monteverdi, 1607): first large scale (great) opera, opera composed for court ceremonies, display of magnificence and grandeur, patrons compared to ancient heroes.
