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Baroque Music

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BAROQUE MUSIC

1600 - 1750
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PHILOSOPHY

  • Baroque means "highly decorated"
  • Originally an architectural word
  • More people were educated
  • More could appreciate music

HISTORICAL FACTS

  • Reformation and Counter-Reformation
  • Extremely wealthy families of Europe
  • People wanted to be "cultured"

BAROQUE MUSIC

  • Full of confidence
  • Very complicated
  • Ornamentation

TERMINOLOGY

  • Opera
  • Aria: impressive solo
  • Chorus: sung by a group
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