Music 2710F/G Lecture 11: Instruments of the Baroque Era
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Fair game terms: the baroque violin, andrea amati (d. 1577, antonio stradivari (1644-1737, andrea guarneri (1625-1698, flauto traverso/ flauto, natural trumpet, bebung, arp schnitger (1648-1719, gottfried silbermann (1683-1753, brustwerk, cappella, the public concert in the baroque era. Strings aren"t made out of metal: the bridge is lower than the modern bridge. Less tension on the strings: the finger board is shorter than the modern finger board. Lighter, more flexible: the bow in shorter and wound less tightly. Less weight on one of the ends: makes smaller articulations clearer, the sound of the baroque violin is softer and lighter (and clearer) than the modern one. Important instruments for secular music in the renaissance. Winds: conical bore-holes in the wood made tuning better! Before then: also come from the postal delivery world. In the baroque orchestra, "percussion" means "timpani" (with very few exceptions for smaller types of percussion such as a tambourine: timpani paired with trumpets = majestic!
