Baroque Music
Music from the Baroque period has many different forms, or styles. Many musical forms were born in that era, such as concerto, which is divided into three parts in which a solo intrument, like a piano or a violin is played alongside and orchestra.
A second style is sinfonia, which comes from an italian word for symphony. Other styles, like sonata, cantata, and oratorio.
The first person to use the word 'Baroque' in music was
">Curt Sachs, it wasn't untill 1940 that the word was used in English.
Early baroque music (1600–1654)
The dividing line for the Baroque from the Renaissance begins in Italy, with the Florentine Camerata. Concerning music, their ideas were based on their perception of ancient Greek musical drama, in which the text was of utmost importance. They rejected the complex polyphonyof the late renaissance and desired a form of musical drama which consisted primarily of a simple solo melody.
The early ralizations of these ideas, marked the beginning of the opera.
Middle baroque music (1654–1707)
The printing press trade is responsible for creating an international audience for works and greater cross-pollination between national centres of musical activity.
The middle Baroque, in music theory, is identified by the increasingly harmonic focus of musical practice and the creation of formal systems of teaching. Music was an art, and it came to be seen as one that should be taught in an orderly manner.
In England the middle Baroque produced a cometary genius in Henry Purcell, who, despite dying at age 36, produced a profusion of music and was widely recognized in his lifetime.
Late baroque music (1680–1750)
The dividing line between middle and late Baroque is a matter of some debate. Dates for the beginning of "late" baroque style range from 1680 to 1720. The forms which had begun to be established in the previous era flourished and were given wider range of diversity; concerto, suite, sonata, concerto grosso, oratorio, opera and ballet all saw a proliferation of national styles and structures.
Because baroque music was the basis for pedagogy, it retained a stylistic influence even after it had ceased to be the dominant style of composing or of music making. Even as Baroque practice fell out of use, it continued to be part of musical notation.
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