THE BAROQUE PERIOD
Here are some helpful sites (and some are really fun!) for learning more about the Baroque Period. Enjoy!
ThinkQuest -- Here you will find dates, information about the word "Baroque," and a little about the music style.
Sphinx Kids -- Here you will find a few composers, but there is lots of other info to come back to later!-- Click on "Composer's Gallery"
-- Click on "Style"
-- Click on "Baroque"
-- Click on the composers to read about them!
The Music Room -- this is an excellent page with lots of information... and it's easy to read!
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Baroque Composers
Baroque Composers
The Baroque Period was divided into three sections: Early Baroque, High Baroque, and Late Baroque. Though there were many composers throughout this time, the main Baroque composers we recognize include:
Claudio Monteverdi
Heinrich Schütz
Francois Couperin
Johann Pachelbel
Henry Purcell
Alessandro Scarlatti
Georg Philip Telemann
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Johann Sebastian Bach
Domenico Scarlatti
George Frideric Handel
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Check out these resources for Baroque instruments.
ThinkQuest -- more from ThinkQuest!
Baroque-Music.com -- this website has a simple layout and is really easy to use, but has great information!
Culture Kiosque -- this site provides info on the voice and Baroque pitch!
Glossary of Renaissance & Baroque Instruments -- from the Renaissance & Baroque website! (This may be the best site for quick, easy, clear definitions)
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Baroque Art
Take a look at some of these art examples and web resources! Click on the pictures to view them larger-- this is really important for Baroque art!
About Baroque art-- A Lifetime of Color
What do all of these pieces of art have in common?
How are they different from the Renaissance art we've seen?
What are the biggest things you notice?
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Bernini
The Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio
The Spoliation by El Greco
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Baroque Art
Take a look at some of these art examples and web resources! Click on the pictures to view them larger-- this is really important for Baroque art!
About Baroque art-- A Lifetime of Color
What do all of these pieces of art have in common?
How are they different from the Renaissance art we've seen?
What are the biggest things you notice?
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa by BerniniThe Conversion of St. Paul by CaravaggioThe Spoliation by El Greco________________________________________________
Music Traits: VIDEOS!
Below are some of the many reasons why rock music exists because of Baroque music!
Check it out, if you don't believe me!
Check it out, if you don't believe me!
NOTE: None of these pieces were actually changed from their original versions, just played on different instruments. Pretty cool, huh?
Scarlatti's Sonata K455 on harpsichord - tell me this doesn't rock! (I dare you to try to sing along :))
Telemann's Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Bassocontinuo TWV 51 - I couldn't resist-- it's the oboe!
Pachelbel's Canon in D - you'll know this!___________________________________________
Another reason Bach rocks:
Where it came from- Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (a big book of piano études), Prelude and Fugue in F minor
