Baroque music

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Baroque music is a highly ornate and expressive style of Western classical music, prominent from roughly 1600 to 1750, characterized by complex counterpoint, dramatic contrasts, and the development of forms like the concerto and the fugue.

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Baroque music canonical 4
Baroque 1
Early Baroque 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical music period
style of Western classical music
associatedAesthetic affect theory
associatedArtMovement Baroque
surface form: Baroque art
characteristic basso continuo
complex counterpoint
dramatic contrasts
expressive melodies
motoric rhythmic drive
ornamentation
terraced dynamics
tonal harmony
use of figured bass
developedForm cantata
chorale prelude
concerto
concerto grosso
fugue
opera
oratorio
passion (music)
solo concerto
sonata
suite
employsTechnique da capo aria form
ground bass
imitation
ornamental trills and mordents
ritornello form
sequences
follows Western art music
surface form: Renaissance music
hasSubperiod Early Baroque
Late Baroque
Middle Baroque
influenced Classical music
Romantic music
modern historically informed performance practice
majorCenter Austria
England
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
notableComposer Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
Claudio Monteverdi
Domenico Scarlatti
Georg Philipp Telemann
George Frideric Handel
Heinrich Schütz
Henry Purcell
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Johann Sebastian Bach
precedes Classical period
surface form: Classical period (music)
timePeriodEnd circa 1750
timePeriodStart circa 1600
typicalEnsemble baroque orchestra
chamber ensemble
church choir
typicalTexture homophony
polyphony
typicalVenue church
court
opera house
usesInstrument baroque flute
baroque trumpet
bassoon
harpsichord
lute
oboe
organ
recorder
theorbo
viola da gamba
violin

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Joseph Haydn influencedBy Baroque music
First Viennese School musicGenre Baroque music
this entity surface form: Western art music
Heinrich Schütz movement Baroque music
this entity surface form: Early Baroque
Heinrich Schütz movement Baroque music
John Blow influenced Baroque music
this entity surface form: English Baroque music
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 stylePeriod Baroque music
this entity surface form: Baroque
Johann Buxtehude movement Baroque music
Concerto Grosso hasInfluenceFrom Baroque music
subject surface form: Concerto Grosso (Markevitch)