Baroque

... the general information put into practical use. Finally I will sum up the essay in a???//// conclusion, and redirect the question with my final argument._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-? The baroque is a cultural movement in European history , the lavish, heavy decoration and curvaceous, complex forms evolved in Rome around c1620-1660 as an expression of Catholic ... to the renewed strength of the popes in Rome, while architects also gav...

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... and a B.M. from the University of Denver. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Emily Davidson (baroque violin) is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the North Carolina School of the Arts. Formerly a member of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra ... privately in the Pittsburgh area. This past summer she served on the faculty of the Amherst Early Music Festival. Scott Pauley (theorbo and baroque guitar) holds a doctoral degree in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University. Before sett...

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... and operatic style than for the choral style. The use of instruments like the organ or whole orchestras , enhanced the sound of the choir and added to the richness of Baroque choral music. II. Personalities politics, govt., historical figures Europe and specifically England under went political and social reconstruction during this era after the Thirty Years' War began during the ... reign of Ferdinand III (r. 1637-57) and continued through the reign of his son, Leopold I (r. 1658-1705). During the Baroque Era, there were expulsions of many protestant churches, and the Catholic Church n...

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... color, along with lively rendering of human expressions. New concepts of physics and astronomy are introduced by Galileo and Newton which increased man's awareness of space, an obsession with Baroque artists. Chiaroscuro a technique in which dramatic light and shadow were used to create a spotlight affect to the composition, often times highlighting the focal point of the work of art ... . Rococo, a playful and sensual style was developed by using pastel colors, delicately curving forms and dainty figures. The main characteristics of Baroque art are strong perspective effects, dramatic c...

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... new genres including: variations, prelude, fantasia, toccata, ricercare, canzona, and sonata. The genres provided more challenging approaches to playing than was offered in sacred or secular music. The Baroque Period (meaning abnormal or bizarre) spanned from the year 1600 to around 1750. The genres and styles developed in this period are very broad but general share characteristics like a sense ... of ornateness, movement of affections, polyphony of multiple voices, prominent bass and treble lines, and an interest in improvising in inner voices (Baroque Defined 1). The most predominant...

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... in 1346 by a Franciscan Friar, the Ospedale della Pietà was lead by wealthy governors and forty board members with the goal of properly raising abandoned children in Venice during the Baroque period (Edwards, 2010; Selfridge-Field, 1986). Evidence indicates that as a religious institution, choral singing was made mandatory for all Pietà orphans (Arnold, 1965; Kolneder, 1970), ... suggesting that music already existed in the Ospedale before transforming into a music school in the Baroque period. Arnold (2009), Berdes (1993) and Selfridge-Field (1975) all maintain that since the ear...

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... only use the conventional form but also combines the 'new' style and this makes his music more complex and experimental than previous Baroque composers. His Brandenburg concertos are one of the most representing examples of his extended use of instrumentation and form that lays outside the ... convention. Bach's Brandenburg concertos are concerti grossi, but some of them do not seem to follow the model of the Baroque concerto grosso. It seems that Bach's instrumentation in these concerti grossi is not similar to what is usually found in Corelli's standardized ... alternation betwee...

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... France became the leading Catholic religion. Meanwhile at the American colonies, Protestant refugees from northern Europe based the new society on religious values. Possibly the most celebrated aspect of the Baroque era was the ostentatious style of music that was introduced in Europe during the early 1600's and popularized by great composer such as Handel, Bach, Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi. One ... is a large scale drama that is sung. The opera includes: vocal and instrumental music, poetry, drama, acting, scenery and costumes. Another type of music created and portrayed in the Baroque e...

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... in Austria and Southern Germany. In architecture new emphasis was placed on thick and heavy pillars and columns, on domes, on layered ornament, and the perception of movement. Examples of baroque architecture include: the Chateau at Versailles, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Karlskirche, etc. In music the Italians also dominated the field with composers like Corelli, known for his concerti grossi, ... ; but the Germans quickly assimilated the style with Bach, and Pachelbel becoming prominent in Germany and Handel becoming popular in both Germany and England, while Couperin was a French Baroq...

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... , there was common view for several trends; it is expression of power instead of harmony of artworks. For example, according to Germain Bazin, the painting of baroque in the work of Rembrandt, or Caravaggio have tendency to get the darkness painting method and be varied characteristic with dark, lights and reflected lights or be replaced altogether by "a ... in the other countries. The Dutch painter had a certain amount of freedom with respect to the artist relationship. Especially, Rembrandt van Rijn(1606-1669) who is one of the important baroque Dutch artists and he technically painte...

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