The Baroque Period

1600-1750

What was happening in the world during the Baroque Period?

1600 Shakespeare

writes Hamlet

16071st English Settlement

1610Confirms that Earth

revolves around the Sunand arrested by the

Catholic church

1611King James

Version Printed

1623Bernini’s “David Slaying

Goliath”

1638*Rembrandt’s “The Holy Family at Night”

Other Interesting Events

1692 - Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts 1719 – Robinson Crusoe is written1725 - Vivaldi writes the “Four Seasons”1726 – Gulliver’s Travels is written1741 – Handel’s Messiah is debuted

THE DEATH OF BACH!

1750

GUESS THE COMPOSER AND NAME A FAMOUS COMPOSITION

RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE

CALLED UPON

1.

Antonio Vivaldi “The Red Priest”

La Primavera (Spring), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1 (1725)

Or

“The Four Seasons”

2.In 1741, this composer wrote an English language oratorio that is approximately 3 ½ hours long. This oratorio takes the listener through the Prophecies, Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His compositions have been described as sounding “majestic.”

3.This German born composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B Minor and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor. He was not celebrated during his life because his music was “old fashioned” and was only later celebrated during the 1800s and onward. He died in 1750.

Characteristics of Baroque Music

• Unity of Mood• Rhythm•Melody• Dynamics•Words and Music