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Claudio Monteverdi, trained in the Renaissance style, Monteverdi adapted composing modern music. Monteverdi used dissonances in his music.
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The Early Baroque era was the inventions of the opera. The First opera was in 1597 which was invented by Caccini and Peri
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The early Baroque was the golden age for opera. The First opera was 1597 composed by Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri and the first extant opera (1600) was also by Caccini
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During the era of 1642-1649, the English civil war. The English civil war was a battle of Parliamentarians and the Royalists, this was mainly over the England governance and issues of religious freedom.
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In the Middle Baroque, with new genres emerging such as Sonata, Concerto and Suite, instrumental music was almost equal in importance to vocal music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach, teacher of the famous Mozart and Beethoven, Bach was of the most skilled musicians in the Baroque era. Bach wrote many music which include more than 200 sacred cantatas, 20 secular cantatas and in 1717, Bach was mentioned as “The famous Weimar organist.
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The late Baroque Genre draws upon the principle of ground bass. The bass melody was triple meter, usually up to 4-8 measure long. This usually made the theme of the bass repetitive.
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The Early Baroque was mostly opera so their main instrument was vocal. The main Keyboard instruments in the Baroque was the Organ, Harpsichord and the Clavichord.
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The Early Baroque was mostly opera so their main instrument was vocal. The main Keyboard instruments in the Baroque was the Organ, Harpsichord and the Clavichord.
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In the Middle Baroque, more genres appeared in the forms of Sonata concerto Suite, Overture and Fugue
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The Baroque tonality were distinct compare to the Renaissance. The tonality that was different was Major-Minor Basso Continuo.
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Domenico served in the Portuguese and the Spanish royal families. Scarlatti wrote progressive style and wrote over 500 sonatas for harpsichord, operas, and cantatas