Antonio Vivaldi

instruments, increased flexibility in tone color. This allowed for more expression in music. The improvement of instruments such as the violin, which Stradivari and other makers perfected, and the organ, allowed for the emergence of virtuosos such as Antonio Vivaldi and Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier made for scientifically-based tuning. In the Baroque era, new genres emerged, such as the opera, the concerto, and the fugue. The opera, a highly extravagant genre, combines…

The Baroque Period has become known as one of the richest and most diverse periods in music history and lasted from about 1600 to 1750 AD. This period followed the Renaissance period and, at the beginning of the Baroque Period, it was marked by the development of what some musicians call the “second practice,” as differentiated from the “first practice” of the Renaissance (Hast, Dorothea E., et al. 271). European culture began to increase the importance of human feeling in the arts. According to…

The Baroque Era stretched across a century and a half of European history. It took place between the years of 1600 and 1750. Baroque is derived from the term “barroco,” which means irregular shaped pearl. This term is used to describe this period because it was a time of turbulent changes in politics, science, and the arts. Milestones in intellectual history were reached as Galileo, Copernicus, Descartes, and Spinoza expanded the ideas in physics, astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. William…

comedies and pop culture, including the “Looney Tunes” cartoon series. Films continue to commemorate classical compositions through out motion-pictures in numerous other examples, including the divine musical piece “The Four Seasons,” composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723, which was featured in films like “Pretty Woman” and “Spy Game”. Even though these musical masterpieces are devoid of the need to be publicized, they still remain relevant to the modern culture through their use in film, which…

The history of the violin is pretty cool. People believe that the violin originated from Italy in the early 1500s. It seems to have been evolved from the fiddle and rebec considering they were stringed instruments. The person who is known to be the one who made the instrument is Andrea Amati. Others were recognized also such as Gasparo de Salo and Giovanni Maggini. They were both italians (I guess their not only good for making food.) but during the 17th and early 18th century violin making…

to work at the orphanage, while also composing his works there. He found success in writing operas, and then moved on to writing the Four Seasons, which consisted of four violin concertos that each represented a different season. In his lifetime, Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos as well as 46 operas, and was an influencer of other composers such as…

Choral Performance Make-Up Project Composer-Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous composer and organist. He was born on March-21-1685. He was born in Eisenach Germany and died at age 65 on July-28-1750 in Leipzig Germany. Johann was a father of over twenty children. He had seven with his first wife but four out of the seven died. Johann also had 13 more children with his second wife Anna Magdalena unfortunately only six made it to adulthood the others died at…

History and/or Manufacturers: According to violin maker William Bartruff, the violin first appeared in Italy in the 16th century. While the very first violin is maker is not precisely known, scholars debate between Andrea Amati and Gasparo di Bertolotti da Salò. However, debates lay in Amati’s favor. He was considered a lute maker at the time and as the violin was not well known, he would not be documented as the maker of such. Also, the first four string violin as well as the oldest surviving…

Bach’s three sets of six suites for keyboard, titled Partitas, French Suites, and English Suites have caused specialists to fruitlessly comb each set for some sense of distinct national characteristics. It was the publishers, however, not Bach, who provided the titles and Bach’s original manuscripts are lost. The English Suites, or Suites pour les Anglois, for example, were published with this name after Bach’s death. The basic style of Baroque suites, including Bach’s instrumental suites, was…

1. What is the definition of Opera and where did it originated from? Opera is a sung drama with orchestral accompaniment. Opera originated in Italy around the 1600s. 2. What are the elements of Opera? Opera is the simultaneous performance of poetry, singing, acting, and dancing with scenery and costumes. 3. List the Voice categories of opera The basic voice ranges are soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The voice categories of opera are coloratura soprano (very high range), lyric soprano (light…