Baroque

Religious Baroque Art In the fall of 2011, I was fortunate enough to travel to Italy on a pilgrimage. During my fourteen day tour of this magnificent country, I viewed many cathedrals, churches, sculptures, mosaics and paintings; it was just breathtaking! The artwork spanned many genres and periods throughout history, but the majority of the subject of the artwork, specifically the paintings, was religious based. I saw several pieces of art mentioned in our textbook, The Humanistic Tradition…

Although the Baroque opera and oratorio have their differences, they actually have a lot in common. According to the textbook, an opera is a dramatic work or stage play in which the actors sing some or all of their parts. It usually involves an elaborate stage sets and costumes. Every word of the text (called the libretto) is sung to gain emotional force along with a stirring instrumental piece (an overture), a chorus, and some instrumental mood music. In Baroque opera, recitatives, or areas of…

Growing up learning about the great Classical and Baroque composers, musicians often tend to only hear about the men. Students hear about Bach, Handel and the greats, and find themselves asking if women were even allowed to compose music. During the late 1600’s and 1700’s there were many women who were seen as “ahead of their time.” Three prolific women composers from the Baroque era were Barbara Strozzi, Anna Isabella Leonarda, and Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Barbara Strozzi was a…

informal states, but also focused on globalizing the artistic styles that had become so popular during this time. Spanish Baroque artist Jusepe de Ribera is most known for his later works, such as A Greek Sage, ca. 1630, and is accredited as one of few that transitioned the Baroque style into Spanish art. In this essay we will discuss little of exact examples of how Ribera used Baroque style in A Greek Sage, ca. 1630, but we will discuss overall the life of Ribera and how the time period in…

During the Baroque era, musicians were in high demand. They would play in many locations and at the same time they were very well respected. Going back in time we can say that the earliest way humans made music was through singing. Which means we are a very inestimable instrument. It is breathtaking. As the years went by, instruments came along with different sizes, shapes and sounds. It it amazing what can someone make when combining vocal music with instrumental music. In today’s society we…

December 08, 2015 Baroque music vs. Classical music Music has changed drastically over decades. It has been seen by many different point of views and many different styles. In todays society, we never really see the amount of work that composers has put into instrumental pieces. In my essay, ill be comparing and contrasting two types of music which are the Baroque and Classical era of music. The Baroque era began during the 1600’s and continued throughout 1750. The Baroque…

take the time to dig deeper into a music composition it can reveal so much beauty we otherwise would have not seen. I selected the piece Canon a tre in D Major composed by Johann Pachelbel to uncover. This piece was written in the Baroque Era of music. The Baroque Era was from the beginning of the 17th century to the beginning of the 18th century (Chiego, 10). This piece was composed in between the years 1680 and 1690, but it was not published until the 20th century (Schwarm,1).…

The Baroque Period has become known as one of the richest and most diverse periods in music history and lasted from about 1600 to 1750 AD. This period followed the Renaissance period and, at the beginning of the Baroque Period, it was marked by the development of what some musicians call the “second practice,” as differentiated from the “first practice” of the Renaissance (Hast, Dorothea E., et al. 271). European culture began to increase the importance of human feeling in the arts. According to…

The Link—Music between the Baroque and Classical Eras In the early to mid-18th Century, instrumental music was becoming the most popular form of music. One prominent and revolutionary composer during this time was Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (called “CPE” Bach). His music provides insight into what happened during the transition between the Baroque and the Classical era. His compositions written in the sensitive style inspired the next generation of composers, including Haydn, Mozart and…

In Baroque period, People were interested to listen to music, and the rulers were searching for the best artists to work for them. Due to this great interest in music, many good songs were composed. Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the talented artists in Baroque Era. His great piece “ Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 (“Little”) was one of his organ works. In my opinion, the best version of the piece was the orchestral version that was arranged later by Leopold Stokowski in 1940. Stokowski kept Bach’s…