Baroque, generally speaking, is a period of art, music, and architecture described as florid and highly ornamented or, less favorably, unnecessarily complicated. Baroque music is more ornamental than music from the Renaissance (1475-1600) and the Classical period (1750-1820). Considering opera's ...
The Baroque Era The Baroque era was a unique period in music that began during the 1600's and ended around 1750. The word "baroque" is define by Merriam's...
As librarian for Tafelmusik, I spend quite a bit of time searching out sources for the music we are performing. I sometimes hit roadblocks, but more often than not, make unexpected discoveries along the way. In digging up the music for this week’sSteffani: Drama & Devotionconcerts I worked...
Over the centuries, picturing religious events in the form of artwork has been very important. However, the way or style in which the events were pictured changed. The cultural production of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries is often described as the Baroque Period. Among the most ...
With further developments in playing technique, many talented performing guitarists had become composers and teachers as well. One of the most important guitarists in that time was the Italian Girolamo Montesardo (fl. 1606–c. 1620), whose work is an illustration of guitar music in the early ...
As usual in tonal music (music based on the system of major and minor keys), additional variety withinunityis achieved in the cycle of concerto grosso movements through departure from and return to the home key. Much more often than in the suite, a slow inner movement is placed in a near...
In her writings, she described the love of God as piercing her heart like a burning arrow. Bernini materializes this by placing St. Theresa on a butt while a Cupid figure holds a golden arrow made of metal and smiles down at her. The angelic figure is not preparing to pl...
and most Sicilian cities boast numerous Baroque structures. While many of Sicily's churches and palazzi built in the eighteenth century are more properly described as Rococo, their style is often a close approximation of the pure Baroque. This is even true of the sculptural work ofGiacomo Serpot...
There was a broad range of responses. A few themes emerged. Someone described it as “beautiful mathematics” and several others used words such as “complex,”“contrapuntal” and “deep.” Others pointed to the emotional capacity of Baroque music, using words such as “so...
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