THE BAROQUE INFLUENCE ON MODERN ART
The origins of the word Baroque are obscure. Baroque is an artistic style that was present mainly in Europe from the late 16th century until the early 18th century. The Baroque is considered to be the dominant art style in Europe between the Mannerist and Rococo eras and it is characterized by overt emotion, dynamic movement, and self-confident rhetoric. “Although the term Baroque is applied mainly to the visual and performing arts, it is also used to describe the entire cultural achievement of the age. Baroque culture and values were astonishingly diverse, affected by different religious, political, and social pressures in very different parts of Europe. Much of it was inspired by the Counter-Reformation …show more content…
An example is the band Deep Purple who tried it. According to some musicians, there are similarities between baroque and rock music. For instance; “the harmonic progressions, structural frameworks, melodic patterns, etc.” There are differences, but also a relatively high syntactic correlation (Middleton, “Studying Popular Music”). Baroque music not only has an influence on rock music, but also on tango argentino in such a way that there is a version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in tango style which is arranged by Astor Piazzola. Four Seasons also performed with electronic guitar and drums by the violinist David Garrett. The free movement between solo and group in jazz is sometimes compared to baroque music, and snippets of Bach and Vivaldi frequently appear in the solos of heavy metal guitarists. Modern Baroque music example is that of The Lady Gaga Fugue and other incredible Baroque-inspired arrangements of pop songs. “Lady Gaga used an eight-second snippet of music from the Well-Tempered Clavier in her 2009 hit, Bad Romance; now she's being owned by this Bach-inspired stretto-fest” (classicfm.com). The spirit of the baroque an unwavering belief in the power of music to touch people’s lives, changed music history
The origins of the word Baroque are obscure. Baroque is an artistic style that was present mainly in Europe from the late 16th century until the early 18th century. The Baroque is considered to be the dominant art style in Europe between the Mannerist and Rococo eras and it is characterized by overt emotion, dynamic movement, and self-confident rhetoric. “Although the term Baroque is applied mainly to the visual and performing arts, it is also used to describe the entire cultural achievement of the age. Baroque culture and values were astonishingly diverse, affected by different religious, political, and social pressures in very different parts of Europe. Much of it was inspired by the Counter-Reformation …show more content…
An example is the band Deep Purple who tried it. According to some musicians, there are similarities between baroque and rock music. For instance; “the harmonic progressions, structural frameworks, melodic patterns, etc.” There are differences, but also a relatively high syntactic correlation (Middleton, “Studying Popular Music”). Baroque music not only has an influence on rock music, but also on tango argentino in such a way that there is a version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in tango style which is arranged by Astor Piazzola. Four Seasons also performed with electronic guitar and drums by the violinist David Garrett. The free movement between solo and group in jazz is sometimes compared to baroque music, and snippets of Bach and Vivaldi frequently appear in the solos of heavy metal guitarists. Modern Baroque music example is that of The Lady Gaga Fugue and other incredible Baroque-inspired arrangements of pop songs. “Lady Gaga used an eight-second snippet of music from the Well-Tempered Clavier in her 2009 hit, Bad Romance; now she's being owned by this Bach-inspired stretto-fest” (classicfm.com). The spirit of the baroque an unwavering belief in the power of music to touch people’s lives, changed music history