Classical Music History Podcast | The Baroque Era, Ep. 8

HalidonMusic presents
The Classical Music History Podcast
The Baroque Era
Episode 8: Influential Composers, Part II
with host Sarah Joy (cellist, songwriter and music educator)

01:00 George Frideric Handel
06:45 Johann Sebastian Bach

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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:

George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 IV. La Rejouissance (Allegro)
Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Illenyi

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 VI. Gigue
Massimiliano Martinelli

Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 I. Allegro
Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Giuseppe Lanzetta

Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 III. Allegro
Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Giuseppe Lanzetta

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

Subscribe to Sarah's YouTube channel: @sarahjoyrecordings

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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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