Timeline 2: The Baroque 1600-1730

By Nat.DH
  • Period: 1567 to

    Caudio Monteverdi

    • Trained in the Renaissance Style
    • The transitional figure from the Renaissance to the Baroque
  • Period: to

    Francesca Caccini

    -Soprano and the daughter of Giolio Caccini
    -First woman to compose opera
  • 1st Opera

  • 1st Extant Opera

  • Instruments became more important than Vocalist

  • Period: to

    Baroque Period

  • Period: to

    Early Baroque

  • Jamestown was founded

  • Period: to

    Barbara Strozzi

    -Studied under Franscesco Cavalli
    -Published eight sets of songs- the first in 1644
  • Period: to

    Heinrich Ignaz Franz Von Biber

    -Bohemian- Austrian Composer and Violinist
    - Catholic sacred music, Violin Sonatas, and Ensemble music
  • Mid-Baroque

    -Usually Secular
    -In Italian
    -Text often about love
  • Period: to

    Middle Baroque

  • Period: to

    Arcongelo Corelli

    -Made clear distinctions between the different types of sonatas
    -Master of the Trio Sonata Italian Composer
  • Period: to

    Henry Porcell

    -Singer, organist, composer of Intrumental and vocal music
  • Period: to

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    -Father of Composer Domenico Scarlatti
    -Teacher in Naples, many of his students created a new classical style
  • Period: to

    Elisabeth- Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

  • Period: to

    Francois Couperin

    -French Composer
  • Period: to

    Antonio Vivaldi

    -Called Red priest because of his red hair
    -Composed many operas
  • Period: to

    Georg Philip Teleman

    -German Composer
    -Helped establish the French style orchestral suite in Germany
  • Period: to

    Jean- Joseph Mouvet

    -One representative composer from this French Court
    -Composed Operas
  • Period: to

    G.F Handel

    -German Composer loving in England writing Italian music
  • Period: to

    Domenico Scarlatti

    -Keyboard Virtouso
    -Served Portuguese and Spanish Royal families
    -Had Progressive style
  • Period: to

    J.S. Bach

    -Composer
    -Most skilled musicians in the Baroque
    -Wrote a ton of music in all genres except opera
  • French- Indian War

  • Salem Witch Trials

  • Period: to

    Johann Hasse

  • Period: to

    Late Baroque

  • Le Quattro Stagioni

    4 Violin Concertos for 4 seasons accompanied by a poem
  • 1st Great Awakening