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Baroque Period
The period of music from 1600-1750.
Instrumental Music
The type of music that was rising during the Baroque period.
Clockworks
Advanced technology during the Baroque period that greatly influenced music.
Age of Invention
The name given to the Baroque period due to the advancements in technology.
Louis XIII and XIV
Brought in violin players from Italy during the Baroque period.
Modern Musical Orchestra
Started to form during the Baroque period.
Symphony
Started as an overture, an instrumental piece that started an opera or play.
Arcangelo Corelli
First innovator of music during the Baroque period, known for his intense violin playing and grouping of string instruments.
Concerto
A small group opposing a larger group in music, as seen in Vivaldi's compositions.
Harmonic Progression
The laws of music governing the sequence of chords.
An Evening Hymn (Henry Purcell)
A composition by Henry Purcell that features a simple sequence of chords repeated.
Circle of Fifths
The most popular series of chord progressions in Western music.
Vivaldi
The gold standard of music with no melodies.
Italy
The country where most composers during the 1600s were from.
500 Concertos and 40 Operas
The number of works Vivaldi composed.
German Protestant Church Music
The basis for a large portion of Bach's music.
Devotion to God
The focus of all of Bach's vocal music, particularly Jesus of Nazareth.
Counterpoint
The interweaving of melodies, mastered by Bach.
Fugue
A more complicated version of a round.
Influence of Vivaldi
Vivaldi influenced composers like Bach and Handel.
Equal Temperament
The most important musical invention of Western Music, creating 12 separate subdivisions between C and equalizing the difference between notes.
Indonesian Traditional Music
Sounds exotic due to the use of a different tuning system.
Piano
An instrument helped invented by Bach, allowing for varying volume unlike the harpsichord.
Johan Christian
Bach's son who became the champion of the piano.
Opera Writers
Garnered more fame overall compared to Church music writers during the Baroque period.
Audience Payment
Major change in the 1750s, where audiences started paying to see performances.
London
Where Handel wrote most of his pieces.
39 Operas
The number of operas Handel wrote in Italian.
Oratorio
An opera with no women or costumes, often containing Old Testament stories, used by Handel.
