I Can classify Baroque music Do Now: What is the Difference in record sales from 2010 to 2011? RTQ! Baroque Music Part I The Baroque Style baroque= ornamented fills space with movement. Very rich and powerful rulers Luxury is the name of the game! Baroque Lifestyle Absolutism: A rulers right to have absolute power over their subjects. A king could throw a worker into jail because that worker wanted to quit his job. Baroque Greats Scientific Discovery Newton Galileo Music Giants Johann Sebastian Bach George Frederic Handel Antonio Vivaldi Henry Purcell HOT Question Think of some events in history where people were oppressed by rulers and fought back? Characteristics of Baroque Music Unity of Mood A piece of music usually expressed only one feeling throughout the entire piece Repeating rhythm and melodies Characteristics of Baroque Music Terraced dynamics- the alteration between loud and soft like physically stepping from one level to another. Because of the harpsichord! Chords and Basso Continuo Basso Continuo Bass part usually played by two instruments: a keyboard instrument and a low playing instrument Basso continuo The Baroque Orchestra Baroque orchestras are small! Usually only players Basso Continuo + Strings Brass, Woodwinds, and Percussion used very rarely! The Baroque Orchestra Baroque Forms Movements: a piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition. HOT Question Think of one modern thing to compare a movement vs. whole work to Movements- single, short Whole work- long, lots of parts Music in Baroqe Society Composers made money by having a patron! Patron someone who supported a composer by paying them for their music and requesting new music to be composed 3 rd hour start Music in Baroque Society Music on demand! Main source of entertainment in royal courts. One court might have an orchestra, a church choir, and opera singers Music director Composer who works for a patron In charge of composing all the music at court. Rehearsed the orchestra, choir, and all other musicians at court. Good Pay and popularity were high Compositions always performed Bad Still a servant of the patron Music in Baroque Society HOT Question What are some modern day examples of Patron/Musician relationships? The Elements of Opera opera: a drama in which some or all of the lines are sung to an orchestral accompaniment libretto: the text of the opera librettist: the one who writes the libretto overture or prelude: the orchestral introduction to an opera aria: a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment recitative: a vocal line that imitates speech, accompanied by basso continuo Early operas: Based on the Greek myth Written for aristocracy 1637: first public opera house in Venice, Italy Orfeo by Claudo Monteverdi, the first great opera Output Summary 3 important vocabulary terms from the Baroque Era with definitions 1 question you can answer using the other two levels 2 important facts about the music or lifestyle of the baroque