baroque period
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GCSE resource to introduce the Baroque EraTRANSCRIPT
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Baroque Period1600-1750
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Architecture
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Painting
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SacredSecular Court musicians
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TonalityMajorMinorModal
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OrchestraViol familyViolin familyFlutes/RecordersOboesBassoonsHornsTrumpetsKettle Drums/ TimpaniHARPSICHORD!
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OperaCamerata: words shouldnt be obscuredSimple melody lines, bass line, chords on topStagedMonteverdi, Orfeo
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OratorioSacredUnstaged, no costumesRecitatives, arias and chorusesHandel, Messiah
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SuiteCollection of dance movements
Allemande: 4/4, moderate tempo
Courante: 3/2 or 6/4 moderately fast
Sarabande:1 2 3, slow
Gigue/Jig: usually in compoud time
Minuet. Bouree, Gavotte, Passepied
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ConcertoNew development3 movementsSoloist and OrchestraVivaldi and Telemann
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Concerto GrossoGroup of soloists and orchestraHarpsichord continuoBach Brandenburg ConcertiVivaldi
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FugueProfile of instrumental music raisedContrapuntal, based on imitation
Main subject begins, imitated at timed intervals by other partsMain subject recurs throughout piece in different instruments, and in different keys
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ContinuoBass line played throughout a piece of musicBassoon or cello
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Ground BassRepeated tune in bass linePlayed many timesPurcell, Dido and Aeneas
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Features of the StyleTerraced dynamicsMelodies built from short, one-bar motifs instead of longer phrasesDriving sense of rhythmHighly ornamented