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Baroque


Time

1600-1750

Baroque


Keyboard Instruments

- Harpsichord


- Clavichord

Baroque


Keyboard Compositions

- Dance suites


- Preludes


- Fugues


- Toccatas

Baroque


Popular Forms

- Binary


- Ternary


- Ritornello

Baroque


Composers



- Purcell (English)


- Telemann (German)


- Handel (German)


- Scarlatti (Italian)


- Rameau (French)



Baroque


Characteristics

Ornate + elaborate


- One main mood, one main theme & one main rhythmic pattern


- Polyphonic texture: 2(+) simultaneous lines of independent melody


- Counterpoint + imitation - both hands of equal importance


- Ornamentation is common ; trills, appreggiated larger chords


- Clearly articulated sound, often detached notes, long phrases


- Terrace dynamics, sequences


- Modulations (up/down 5th) ; End with Tierce de Picardie