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1567
Claudio Monteverdi 1567 (Early Baroque)
Claudio Monteverdi, trained in the Renaissance style, Monteverdi adapted composing modern music. Monteverdi used dissonances in his music. -
Early Baroque Commonly used forms
The Early Baroque era was the inventions of the opera. The First opera was in 1597 which was invented by Caccini and Peri -
Opera
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 -
Major historical/significant events in Baroque Era
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. -
Mid Baroque Instrument
In the Middle Baroque, with new genres emerging such as Sonata, Concerto and Suite, instrumental music was almost equal in importance to vocal music. -
Johann Sebastian Bach (Middle Baroque)
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. -
Late Baroque Genre
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. -
Instrumental music (Early Baroque)
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. -
Early Baroque Instrumental music
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. -
Commonly used forms Middle Baroque
In the Middle Baroque, more genres appeared in the forms of Sonata concerto Suite, Overture and Fugue -
Baroque era 1600 -1750
The Baroque tonality were distinct compare to the Renaissance. The tonality that was different was Major-Minor Basso Continuo. -
Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757 (Late Baroque)
Domenico served in the Portuguese and the Spanish royal families. Scarlatti wrote progressive style and wrote over 500 sonatas for harpsichord, operas, and cantatas