Baroque Music Flashcards
What years did the Baroque era take place in?
1600-1750
Some consider this era to be…
the greatest age of music.
Instead of only church music, what kind of music was becoming important?
Music for entertaining was becoming important.
This era was the beginning of…
public concerts, concertos, and dance music.
The idea of a public concert began from…
music presented at the London Pleasure Gardens.
“Concerto” comes from Italian. What does it mean?
It means playing together.
Dance music was the first kind of music composed only for instruments and was written…
in sets or suites.
Dance music was written for the harpsichord and was often used in…
ballet.
The famous families of violin makers are…
Amati, Guarnieri, and Stradivari.
The famous families of violin makers were all from…
the Italian town of Cremona.
What genre of music first appeared during the Baroque period?
Opera.
Important instruments in this period were…
violins and harpsichords.
Music forms were the…
opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto grosso, solo concerto, fugue, trio sonata, suite, prelude and chorale.
