In this concert of baroque Latin American music, Chatham Baroque explores the contrast between two different musical traditions: the secular and the sacred. ... Its members include: Julie Andrijeski (baroque violin) moved to Pittsburgh to join Chatham Baroque in 1996. ... Julie Andrijeski has taught baroque violin at the Oberlin and Peabody Conservatories as well as baroque dance at Case Western Reserve University. ... Davidson was most impressive in her tidy rhythm, a master of the period style of bowing on every note. ... It was delightful to hear these talented musicians deliver music o...

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 The Baroque style was popular in Germany, Italy, and France from 1600 to around 1750. Baroque refers to styles of theater, literature, architecture, and especially music. ... At the end of the Thirty Years War, when much of Austria, Germany, and Bohemia lay in ruins, the Baroque style became accepted for the rebuilding of religious, civil, and domestic structures. ... Examples of baroque architecture include: the Chateau at Versailles, St. ... In literature the Baroque style is characterized by extravagance in imagination, and extensive use of metaphor, with the Italian, Torquato...

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Possibly the most celebrated aspect of the Baroque era was the ostentatious style of music that was introduced in Europe during the early 1600's and popularized by great composer such as Handel, Bach, Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi. ... The monodic style is a solo with instrumental accompaniment. This new style would later lead to the invention of the opera. ... They soon realized that the expressive style of music could be applied to poems, short text, and dramas. ... Another type of music created and portrayed in the Baroque era was the sonata. ...

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The Baroque era was a period of energy and motion. ... The Baroque organ, which was a instrument whose powerful resonance and striking variety of timbre was unsurpassed creating awe filled the interior. ... Some stylistic characteristics of Baroque art is the deep color and intense light and dark shadows. ... A Baroque organ is a pipe organ, which was built in a particular style and to certain specifications during the Baroque era. ... The Baroque organs had each pipe produce a single pitch, and pipes are provided in sets called ranks. ...

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However this rebirth of old ideals also resulted in new, unprecedented styles of music. ... Their music helped create a style that was characterized by the use of imitation, equality of voices and an expansion of the range of the voices. ... The Baroque Period (meaning abnormal or bizarre) spanned from the year 1600 to around 1750. The genres and styles developed in this period are very broad but general share characteristics like a sense of ornateness, movement of affections, polyphony of multiple voices, prominent bass and treble lines, and an interest in improvising in inner voices (Baroque...

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Like many musicians of the late baroque era, Farinelli viewed him self as almost being god like. ... This late baroque period was a time of refinement. ... Bach and Handle were not simply creating music but sharpening and improving the music styles of music already known. ... The things that those composers where doing is what shaped today's music no matter what style or type. ... I thought the film did a good job of portraying the baroque era. ...

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Her music was written during the Baroque period. There are several characteristics of Baroque music that set them apart from other periods. ... The pieces of music by Caccini demonstrate the Baroque characteristics well. ... She had an individual style comparable to the impressionistic style. ... Amy beach had a kind of neoclassical style of music. ...

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Both sacred and secular music has undergone many changes throughout history to adapt to people's interests and tastes. Sacred music can be defined simply as music for prayer and worship. Conversely, secular music is music for entertainment. Both sacred and secular music date back to the creation of ...

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The Classical Concerto The important musical change in the mid-18th century from the Baroque to the Classical style had an affect on the concerto. ... The classical concerto's form reflected a settlement among the traditional ritornello form, the desires for virtuosic display, and the new style and forms being developed in the symphony. ... Thus Mozart's music reflects the Classical style of the 18th century being concise and well balanced while at the same time developing ideas to a point of emotionally fulfilling richness. ... The use of infrequent perfect cadences demonstrate...

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Generally when I hear of a classical concert I immediately assume the music that is being played is music written by composers from the Baroque era or Classical era. "Borrowed" has introduced an unfamiliar branch of composers, new style of music, and an overall a sense of insight to classical music. ...

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I am never a big fan of classic music, I can still appreciate the beauty of the music form Baroque era. ... To me, the musician on flute--Siri Koski's approach to Mozart tended to be a bit neutral in its clarity and lack of overt emotion, but in this case her style brought the overall effect quite well. ...

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The time this style of music was written, was due to the boom of fortepiano production that could be seen during the late 1800's, making the piano a platform for music more accessible. Due to this increase, the style of bagatelle was common among newly written songs for the piano, Für Elise being one of them.Not much is known about the background of the song due to the only thing left behind was the transcribed notes, with no obvious background information other than that the song title heavily implied that it was written for Elise, whose identity has not been confirmed, but has been gue...

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