UNIT 3BAROQUE

1600-1750

INSTRUMENTSLike virtuosic voices are being featured in Opera

(especially with ornamentations and embellishments!), idiomatic

writing for instruments allows each to “sing” with a

unique “voice” (with ornamentation and embellishment in a

totally different way!)

Music USED to be :• I’m in the mood to express something or do a dance! Let’s write

a poem to sing, or a catchy melody to be played by anything we have lying around.

Music CHANGED to be:• Look at the newly developed instruments! Let’s find a way to

feature their amazing and beautiful sounds!!

ANTONIO VIVALDI 1 6 7 8   – 1 7 4 1

Italian, born in Venice

Composer, priest, violinist

For many years between 1703-

1740, worked at Ospedale della

Pietà (convent, orphanage, music

school)

Met Emperor Charles VI, moved

to Vienna, died a poor man

(Age of Absolutism)

CONCERTO

A genre developed during the Baroque era• From Latin “to tie in” AND “to fight”• Ritornello form (tutti-solo-tutti-solo…) Remind you of

anything?

Showcase for a specific, solo instrument

Highlights important Baroque ideals: VIRTUOSITY and

CONTRAST:• Full Ensemble vs. Single Soloist• Three Movements: Fast-Slow-Fast

TRUMPETFeatured for loud dynamic, high playing, and brassy fanfares

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTr0MyITJ4

VIOLIN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPba-i26YNA

Featured for unique melody patterns (“runs”), warm sound, range

OBOE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEQ0N9D1NQs

Featured for light yet piercing tone, speed of “runs,” leaps in range

VOCABULARY REVIEW

Difference between genre and

form?

Which is Concerto?• Why?

Which is Ritornello?• Why?