Baroque music

culture based on music of past ages... It should be the active embodiment in sound of the life of a community- of the everyday demands of people’s work and play and of their deepest spiritual needs.” (Wilfred Mellers, pg. 54). Music is always changing and adapting based on how people feel and what people like. Some people prefer to listen to choral works, while others are more interesting in instrumental music. Throughout history we have been able to organize different styles of music into…

Fredi Pritchett Music 110-08B December 2, 106 J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor On November 5, 2016, I attended the J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor music concert at Converse College, featuring a performance by the Spartanburg Festival Chorus. I enjoyed the musical selections performed by the chorus and saw a few familiar faces of some of my classmates at the concert as well. The venue of the concert was very nice and a lot of older people attended the concert. The music of the concert was nice to me and the…

Heart in 1759. Handel, though German born, spent most of his life in England and became a naturalized citizen of that country. He was a virtuoso composer of Opera and Oratorio, and was one of the most versatile composers of his time. He began studying music when he was seven years of age; Duke, for whom his brother valeted, recognized him as being great. Handel studied the violin, harpsichord, and organ among many other instruments. Handel produced his first Opera at the age of nineteen. After…

is a must see concert for anyone wanting to enjoy the perfect holiday season music. Throughout the concert, pieces from different musical eras were played from baroque period to the classical period to present day. By being able to hear multiple pieces from different eras all combined into one concert was an amazing experience just because I was able to see how music has impacted the world throughout the decades. Music is one of the most unique performing arts due to the way it has evolved.…

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…

of the Baroque period of art. Which had characteristics of heavy symbolism, deep and rich colors, and an attention to detail. The painting Saint Cecilia contains lighter shades than what is normal for the baroque period. Instead of rich and deep colors they are light a delicate. Though there is heaviness in the darkness of the background being darker than Saint Cecilia. The colors that make up Saint Cecilia’s dress is red, blue, and white. Blue and red are prominent colors of the Baroque…

instrumental music practices and writing evolved from the middle to late Baroque (ca. 1680– 1730). This paper will examine the development of the instrumental concerto during the Baroque, focusing on analysis of the works and contributions to the form by Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) and Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). Representing a span of one generation in time, and working in different musical centers within Italy, Corelli and Vivaldi each made major contributions to the development of the…

Adam Elsheimer, a German artist of the Baroque period born in Frankfurt in 1578, was a strikingly innovative artist influencing several key figures of the Baroque art. Under the tutelage of Phillipp Uffenbach, a skilled Frankfurt artist whose Italian experience garnered him the status of a sought-after replicator of famous Italian paintings back in Germany ('Adoration of the Magi' among others), Elsheimer spent his formative years learning the fundamentals of German Renessaince art. Around 1598…

The Baroque period is known for some of the greatest advances in the use of tenebrism, painterly techniques, and dynamic expressionism. For this historical study, the main category that will be focused on will be the Italian Baroque, more specifically the work of the artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The Italian Baroque Period lasted from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. Gentileschi was a female artist who worked around the period of 1593 to ca. 1652. In order to narrow down the…

Baroque is originated from the French, meaning, “irregularly shaped pearl.” Which may have mostly been used to describe gems and pearls, but later on began to describe an extravagant style of art. We moved on from mannerism which consisted of classical art, to baroque which consists of dramatic approach to art, with colors and contrasts. Realism in paintings and sculptures was an integral aspect of baroque art. Artemisia Gentileschi’s, Judith Slaying Holoferne, is a great example of baroque…