Choral Music of the Baroque Era The baroque style of music was different than its predecessor the renaissance period, because music during the renaissance period was sung in the a cappella choral style, while in the baroque era instruments played a huge role. ... Monteverdi wrote the first operas of the baroque period. ... Catholicism found a new flame during the Baroque period. ... Composers There were many great composers of the Baroque period. ... The Baroque period was a time of religious, political, social, and artistic passion. ...

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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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Music from the Renaissance and Baroque period in many ways reflect the mentality and setting of their times, each birthed upon the evolution and changes of profound ideas that became signature motifs of their place in history. ... This period is noted heavily for its revival of Greek and roman ideas, hence the name renaissance meaning "revival"(Sherrane 1). ... The rules for consonance and dissonance are iconic of this time period, and it sets it apart from the one before and after. ... The Baroque Period (meaning abnormal or bizarre) spanned from the year 1600 to around 1750. The g...

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During the Baroque period new forms of presenting music were invented. ... The concerto was one of the most important forms of music that came out of the Baroque period. During the Baroque period there were many new influential composers. ... Towards the end of the Baroque period, the great composer J.S. Bach shined and wrote some of the best Baroque pieces ever written, still Baroque in style, but giving way to the new classical period. ...

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