Baroque music

Baroque music 1600-1750 art // music // literature // philosophy // architecture started in Italy Baroque - decorative (art, architecture) baroque in music - ornamentation (decorative) key composers : Bach, Vivaldi, Handel

Bach German musical family wrote choral pieces religious Baroque composer had patrons (patrons - commissions) even from royaly writen for masses and organ wrote concertos

Brandenburg Concertos 1711-1720ensemble : concerto grosso - more than one soloisttwo groups of instruments ripieno - larger, accompaniment - usually string concertino - smaller, solos - flute, violin, harpsichord texture : dialoguing // antiphonal // alternate