Classical Music History Podcast | The Baroque Era, Ep. 3

HalidonMusic presents
The Classical Music History Podcast
The Baroque Era
Episode 3: Stylistic Characteristics, Part II
with host Sarah Joy (cellist, songwriter and music educator)

1:02 Fluidity and rhythmic freedom
2:28 Ornamentation
4:36 Tonal writing and modal writing
6:23 Freer use of dissonance and voice leading
07:40 Difference in instrumentation
08:30 Form / structure of a piece
09:01 Program music

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The term «Baroque music» refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period.

Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, and is widely studied, performed, and listened to. The term «Baroque» comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning «misshapen pearl».

The works of George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach are considered the pinnacle of the Baroque period. Other key composers of the Baroque era include Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and others.

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Music played in this episode:

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: I. Overture. Lentamente
Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina
Conductor: Giuseppe Lanzetta
Flute: Andreas Blau

Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297: I. Allegro non molto
Metamorphose String Orchestra
Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov
Violin: Yuliya Lebedenko

Listen to the full pieces on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1djHpikcyxbQzwzEKw4CEn

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Main (non-exclusive) Source Materials:

“Part III.” A History of Music in Western Culture, Third ed., Combined, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010

Ewen, David. The World of Great Composers, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1962

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