MUS 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Gioseffo Zarlino, Prima Pratica, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Originally negative: abnormal, bizarre, exaggerated, or grotesque . Baroque now refers to the flamboyant, theatrical, and expressive tendencies of seventeenth- century visual arts. Poetry and drama also adopted the term. The term was adopted for music in the twentieth century. Although the baroque spanned a century and a half, music of the early seventeenth century has much in common with music of the first half of the eighteenth century. Kepler showed that the earth revolved around the sun (1609). With the telescope, he observed sunspots and moons orbiting jupiter. Ren descartes championed the deductive approach: seeking explanations through reasoning from basic principles. His combination of empirical and deductive approaches was a model for future scientists. A similar interest in what is useful and effective is apparent in music. Conflicts arose between those who advocated democracy and those who supported monarchies. German protestants and catholics engaged in the devastating thirty years" war (1618 .
