Web Resources

Classical Music at About.com: Baroque Period

http://classicalmusic.about.com/musicperform/classicalmusic/cs/baroque/

The About.com site provides some interesting resources on the Baroque period, including links to a trivia game, information on Francesca Caccini, a female Italian composer and singer, and other select composers of influence.

Music 102: the Baroque Age

http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/bar/index.htm

A useful concise annotated introduction to the music and composers of the period is provided here.

Musical Improvisation in the Baroque Age

http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/improv01.html

This very good site provides a concise introduction to Baroque musical forms and theory, as they apply to improvisation in music of the time. The site is a good resource for learning about basic harmonic and melodic strategies applied in Baroque composition. It also helps to remind us of the technical rigor and level of analytic ability required by musicians of the time.

Late Renaissance and Early Baroque Stylistic Comparisons

http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2273/ren-bar.htm

An easy to read chart comparing styles and approaches of these two periods is presented here, with emphasis on sacred music.

Questions


1		Name three key composers from each phase in the Baroque period.



2		Describe in detail how early Baroque music differed from Renaissance music.



3		Who was Francesca Caccini, and what is her artistic significance?

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