Music is the essential, universal language. It expresses emotion, a story, and records a generation in history. In the classical and baroque era, music was written to tell a story and emphasize the emotion within that story. Music still tells stories today; movies, games, and regular songs tell stories with emphasized emotions. Games require music to set the mood and energy for specific scenarios.…
Question 3 Essay Response Music was originally crafted for religious and sacred use. These pieces were performed in churches, and used to enhance church services. The main type of music performed during the Middle Ages was the Gregorian chant. This music was written with sacred Latin text, and sung without instrumental accompaniment. There was no set beat for these songs, and they contained a free-flowing rhythm.…
It has been proven true that experience is such an essential key in to determining if an artist can be heralded as an icon. More often than not, artists or groups normally come and go after a successful track and it definitely takes sheer talent, and pizzazz for someone to stick on fame a bit longer. Aside from the intangible stuff, well-respected and established artists should also have a look that doesn't seem to tarnish no matter how many years have passed and the innate charisma being exuded on every open of the mouth. Truly, those neophytes who would want to be the next music supernova must, at the very least, possess the aforementioned traits, for if not, oblivion is inevitable. One great example of a man who basically owned everything is the luster produced by a French singing sensation slash epic actor on the persona of Johnny Hallyday.…
The conditions that composers had to work under during the Baroque era were very difficult. Johann Sebastian Bach had to overcome many obstacles to get to where he wanted. Some of them were that he was not free to create his own music, the Duke Wilhelm only wanted him to practice the Hymns he did not think that they needed new music he just liked the old hymns. Also, the concertmaster was about to retire and he was the most qualified person to fill his position but they only lied to him.…
During the Baroque period, some important choral forms such as the motet represented the continued development of the Renaissance ideas. However, others such as the cantata and the oratorio were completely new creations of the time period. These vocal forms of the Baroque period were based on the monadic style. In some cases, some of these forms like the cantata crossed over boundaries of sacred and secular and were used for both. Specifically, the cantata was one of the most prominent composition forms of the baroque period and it originated in Italy.…
Northern Baroque: Baroque Art was the principal European style of art in the 17th century. Although encapsulating the whole of Europe, Baroque art greatly varied from region to region. Having been divided into two separate spheres, the Northern countries who turned Protestant, and the Southern countries who remained Catholic, developed two distinctive artistic styles. In Italy and Spain, the Counter-Reformation was in full swing, promoting complex and dramatic paintings and sculptures such as Caravaggio and Bernini. Although Southern Europe (i.e. Italy and Spain) were united by the Counter-Reformation and its ideals projected by the Council of Trent, Northern European countries and its arts were splintered.…
Two of the most famous composers of the Baroque Era (1600-1750) are Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi. Both Italian composers. Who marked the history of composition. Staring with Arcangelo Corelli whom were older than Vivalvi. Arcangelo Corelli was born on February 17th 1653, in Fusignano, Italy.…
The Classical period in history lasted from 1750 until 1820. In that time the view of musicians greatly changed. Everyone of all class was enjoying music. Three of the world greatest composers came from this time period -Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven- who greatly impacted the world with their musical talents. The three composers worked in a time of very violent political and social upheaval.…
Like they have very little . The baroque style is essentially " abundant " , both in art as in literature , with rindondanze , exaggerated , deep marking , while the Renaissance denotes the discovery of so-called "royalties " style , perspective , proportion , a conception of art as portrait of man and for man . You could start doing examples in art ( I know , a picture of Botticelli with some baroque opera ) , and then expands and develops the concept .…
A harpsichord is a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard and was very popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. The harpsichord is one of the important instruments in the Baroque period. The harpsichord changed the style of elements in this era. Harpsichord composers became a more common practice. It changed the dynamics of concertos.(Newman 138)…
Baroque music used highly ornamented lines, much like gothic buildings. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images The Baroque period was a time in which changes were being made to music, and the sophistication of composers was growing. Rather than writing for undefined instruments, composers began to think about how the timbre of the instruments affected the overall sound. New types of ensembles and pieces started to form in the Baroque period while others were developed based on past forms.…
The Renaissance Period which occurred between roughly 1400-1600 has influenced the modern world’s music through Renaissance composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli whose use of dynamics has helped shape music theory taught today. The Renaissance was a time of dramatic development in literature, music, art and science which ties in with the name of the period (Renaissance), as the meaning of it is “rebirth”, thus showcasing the era to be a time of growth. Music became increasingly popular with the arise of the printing press and secular music. The printing press made it easy for composers to int and distribute their compositions in mass to everywhere in Europe. Secular music was music created and used for outside of church.…
He was a devout christian, he wished that his all music could serve the God and also most of his works are religious music. The biggest achievement of Bach was that he developed the polyphonic music, in his area, he stranded the highest level position. To compare with Bach with Mozart and Beethoven, Mozart is like a happiness of the God, Beethoven is like the God’s powerful, but Bach is language of the God. In personal opinion, Bach’s music is more connotative and complex. Bach had composed 228 church cantatas( including 21 lost or incomplete), 49 secular cantatas( including 16 lost), 17 latin church music, 10 oratorios, 10 motets, 192 chorales, 75 sacred, 66 organ works, 7 lute works, 31 orchestral, 39 chamber works which include Bach sonata…
1. Discuss the philosophies of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibnitz. How did they affect the Baroque era? Are there parts of their philosophies you agree with or disagree with? What are they?…
The Medieval and Renaissance periods present two distinct cultures and worldviews in the human development. Unlike the Middle-Ages, several Renaissance scientists desired to learn about the earth apart from the idea of a Divine Creator, and philosophers brought in humanistic thinking. Innovations during this period like the gunpowder, telescope, microscope and the print press changed dramatically the people 's lifestyles and views of the world around them. Religion also varied greatly between these two eras. Reformation brought about turmoil during the Renaissance as opposed to the monastic life of the medieval period.…