The Baroque Period in music is dated from 1600-1750. The Baroque Period followed the Renaissance Period and preceded the Classical Period. There were many influential composers during this period, and there were vast changes in the form and purpose of music during this time. This site is designed will describe the instruments of the Baroque Era, the style and…
Handel Choir of Baltimore performs baroque, classical and early-romantic music with instruments modeled on those used in original performances. An Introduction to Period Instruments The following introduction is excerpted from program notes authored by Christoph Richter, concertmaster of the Handel Choir Period Instrument Orchestra, and Melinda O Neal . Music…
These instruments are made in the Charlie Ogle Workshop in Beijing. They are set up and adjusted by Charlie Ogle. All instruments are set up and ready to play. Padded cloth cases are included unless otherwise indicated. All instruments have hand carved spruce tops. Backs and sides are maple. Instrument Pictures Description Price (regular/deluxe) Baroque Violin…
The instruments of the late 17th century - especially the woodwind instruments - indicate a changing sound ideal. Shawms and in parts also recorders are replaced by oboes and transverse flutes, both of which allow for more nuances while playing. The precious oboe with ivory parts, made by the Parisian instrument maker Dupuis, still has the fontanelle in common…
The pipe organ was among the first of the keyboard instruments during the Baroque period. It produces notes by allowing air to flow through reeds called pipes, causing a somewhat tooty sound. Organs were very popular in church music, and was often viewed as an instrument of praise. Baroque composers, however, took the instrument very seriously and professional…
Sundays at 8am: Sunday Baroque , hosted by Suzanne Bona is a celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Some of the greatest hits of the baroque include Antonio Vivaldi s Four Seasons Concertos, George Frideric Handel s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music Suites, and Johann Sebastian Bach…
The Baroque period took place in Europe between 1600 and 1750, forming a bridge between the Renaissance and Classical periods. Baroque instruments were generally the same ones used during the Renaissance, although many experienced improvements through technological and mechanical innovations. The Baroque period saw the development of the violin family, which…
After printing, the next significant influence on music performance was the gradual emergence of the , for the relationship between participants in the musical experience—between performer and listener—became polarized. The first evidence for this shift was the rise of the professional vocal virtuoso about the last quarter of the 16th century, and this development…
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras COPYRIGHT 2005 The Gale Group, Inc. Idiomatic Composition. Baroque composers often wrote music for particular instruments, taking into account their special sounds and qualities—that is, their tonal and harmonic possibilities, their distinctive voice, and range of pitches—to produce works that often have been described as…
Dramatic events in music around 1600 in Italy profoundly affected the music of Europe during the . Several groups of literati and musicians formed societies to revive the artistic principles of . They experimented with a type of drama that would use music as an adjunct to poetry. The musical result was the negation of , the reduction of melody to a position subservient…
A simplified answer is just this - a style in Western Music played between 1600 and 1750, the year when J.S.Bach died. His death marked the end of the baroque era. Of course, this does not explain much, but it s a start. To better understand what kind of music it was (and is), one should know what was before and what came after. Although you will read about it…
Instruments of the cornett family are in fact hybrids of woodwind and brass instruments, having the toneholes and fingering system of woodwind instruments but the cup mouthpiece of brasswind instruments. Their tone quality, therefore, is a unique blend of woodwind and brasswind properties, very pure and lacking in overtones; it was considered to be the instrument…
To play Baroque music, artists usually use original instruments for an authentic sound. Many of these instruments are little known to a larger audience. At the Valletta Baroque Music Festival, Euronews had a chance to take a closer look. Throughout the 19th century, the harpsichord was almost completely supplanted by the piano. But it experienced a revival in…
It has become fashionable over the last ten years to talk of authentic performances as if others are not, though in truth, the attempt to rediscover baroque music and its spirit has been with us since the mid-1800s. But if there is a need to rediscover it, how was it lost in the first place? There is much evidence that until Bachs death in 1750 the musical tradition…
