Baroque period music

reason and science

The baroque period was an age of

Royalty, city, or church

Composers and artists usually worked for

Aristocracy or religious groups

What social groups shaped the Baroque period?

Catholic and Protestants

What 2 main religious groups was Europe divided into during this time?

Aristocracy

This social group was the most powerful?

absolute power

The Baroque period was also known as the age of

homophonic polyphonic

Early Baroque composers preffered to use _________ texture, while Late Baroque composers preffered __________.

they vanished

What happened to the Church Modes around 1680?

equal to

Instrumental music became ___________ vocal music

steadily sometimes with quick shifts

How did Baroque composers use dynamics?

Harpsichord, Organ, Clavichord

What are the three most widely used keyboard instruments

basso continuo

one of the most characteristic features of Baroque music is the

basso continuo

a continuous bass line with improvised harmonies in Baroque period music.

figured bass

the numbers that specify which chords to play at what time for the bass

small and mostly made up of string instruments

Baroque Orchestra

movement

a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form

royal courts

The main area and source of musical activity

church, royalty, city, or opera house

a composer would likely work here

music director, teacher, discipline of the musicians, upkeep of instruments and music library

What other jobs besides composing did a composer often do?

the job was passed down from father to son, or to orphanage boys

How did one become a composer in the baroque era?

women were allowed to sing only, the could not practice an instrument or compose

What were the appropriate roles of women in music?

contrast between loud and soft sounds

Basic principle of Baroque music