Part III The Baroque Era

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Part IIIThe Baroque Era

• Unit Schedule
• Overview of culture
• Ch. 1, 2 Study Guide

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Baroque Era Schedule

• M, T 9/28, 29 Exam 1 brief post-look
• Baroque Ch 1, 2
• W, Th 9/30, 10/1 Ch. 5, 6 7, 8
• M, T 10/5, 6 Ch 3, 10
• WTh 10/7, 8 Ch 11, 4, 12, 13
• W, Th 10/14, 15 Ch. 13, 14, 15
• M, T 10/19, 20 Exam 2Baroque Era

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Overview of the Baroque Cultures

• Architecture
• magnificence, grandeur (e.g., Palace of
  Versailles)
• highly decorated, ornate, busy with filigree,
  gargoyles, etc.
• function (structure) and form (appearance) lines
  blurred

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Overview of the Baroque Cultures

• Technology
• Metallurgy, joinery
• Physics
• Machines
• pipe organ
• violin (Stradivari--THE BEST maker!)

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Metalwork Alloy (pipes) Soldering Woodwork pi
pes case mechanism Physics weight arm moment
friction Pneumatics Acoustics
Pipes
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Stops(air switches)
Keyboard
Bellows
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Overview The Baroque Culture as seen through its

• Visual Arts
• realistic
• emotion
• motion
• provocative, daring
• gore, horrific, sensual

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Chapters 1 2Baroque Music Outline
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Baroque Music

• drama, passion VIMP
• continuity of mood throughout piece
• Texture
• Early Baroque Homophony (esp. in opera)
• Late Baroque Polyphony back in style
• Text VIMP
• text (word) painting
• text expression--music conveys overall mood and
  atmosphere

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Baroque Music

• Opera
• visual arts music literature
• developed early 17C--quickly went gold
• basso continuo
• early 17C development
• VIMP 2-part accompaniment
• keyboard instrument such as harpsichord or organ
• sustaining bass such as cello, bassoon, double
  bass
• music they play is sort of notation shorthand

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Baroque Music

• Tonality Harmony
• major/minor tonalities replace ancient modes
• harmony planned no longer polyphonys
  accidental result
• composers consider how tones sound together.
• composers plan chord progressions.
• bass line becomes VIMP.
• Baroque Orchestra
• Strings predominate occasional woodwind, brass,
  percussion.
• NO standard orchestration
• Some experimentation with tone color
• Forms
• Pieces lengthier
• Balance UNITY and CONTRAST
• Multi- movement pieces

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Music in Baroque Society

• Audiences demand new music in every concert
  composers huge outputs
• Aristocratic courts
• Music IMP diversion fr/ boredom
• Much music
• Some noblesexcellent musicians