baroque music
Lavishly ornamented sound
Baroque music is the Western classical style from roughly 1600 to 1750, spanning composers from Monteverdi through Bach and Handel.
The period introduced opera, the concerto, and the fugue.
Baroque music features ornate melodic lines, dramatic contrasts, and continuous bass accompaniment called basso continuo: a baroque music concert featuring Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- pipe organWind instrument with tuned tubes
- ornateElaborately decorated
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
Vivaldi · Bach · Brandenburg Concertos · ornamentation · trills · cello · concerto · cantata · flourishes · sonata · chamber · grandeur · opulent · Handel · opera · oratorio · fortepiano · lute
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- BaroqueBernini, Bach, Handel, Caravaggio, cantatas
- musicologyethnomusicology, counterpoint, scholarly articles, comparative analysis, performance history
- Early MusicGregorian chant, motet, troubadours, plainchant, madrigals
- music termsmelody, tempo, rhythm, harmony, beat
- VeniceGrand Canal, Rialto Bridge, Doge's Palace, gondola, St. Mark's Basilica
baroque musicminimalist music
Stripped-down, repetitive composition
minimalism · ambient music · plainchant · Gregorian chant · Philip Glass
baroque musicavant-garde music
Boundary-defying sonic innovation
electronic music · medieval music · atonal music · Renaissance music
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