HISTORY OF MUSIC – 3 4 0 0 4
STUDY OF BAROQUE PERIOD

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
This course will explore the Baroque period of Western Classical Music

UNIT 1                                                 12
Transition from Renaissance to Baroque in instrumental music, Early Baroque Music, Middle Baroque Music, Late Baroque music,Characteristic features of Baroque period
UNIT 2                                                 12
Figured Bass, cantata, oratorio, Monody, opera, chamber music, Dance suite or partitas
/Overture /Allemande /Courante/Sarabande /Gigue/,Gavotte /Bourrée /Minuet /Passepied /Rigau don
UNIT 3                                                 12
Prelude /Entrée /Bassocontinuo / concerto / concerto grosso/,Ornamentation Trill, Mordent,Tremolo / Pizzicato ,da capo aria / ritornello aria concertato style ,Notation writing Modes, Octatonic Scale, Augmented and Diminished Triads

UNIT 4                                                12

Study of select Instruments in Baroque period

Common name	Baroque era name	Type
trumpet	Tromba	brass, trumpet
tromba da tirarsi	tromba da tirarsi	brass, trumpet
high trumpet	clarino	brass, trumpet
Cornett	Cornetto	brass, cornett
Trombone	Trombone	brass, trombone
Horn	Corno	brass, horn
corno da caccia	corno da caccia	brass, horn
corno da tirarsi	corno da tirarsi	brass, horn
Lituus	Lituo	brass, lituus
Timpani	timpani	percussion
recorder	flauto (dolce)	woodwind, recorder
descant recorder	flauto piccolo	woodwind, recorder
transverse flute	flauto traverso	woodwind, flute

Common name	Baroque era name	Type
Oboe	Oboe	woodwind, oboe
oboe d’amore	oboe d’amore	woodwind, oboe
tenor oboe	taille	woodwind, oboe
oboe da caccia	oboe da caccia	woodwind, oboe
Bassoon	Fagotto	woodwind, bassoon
Violin	Violino	string, Baroque violin
violin piccolo	violino piccolo	string, violin
Viola	Viola	string, viola
Cello	Violoncello	string, cello
violoncello piccolo	violoncello piccolo	string, cello
viola d’amore	viola d’amore	string, viola
viola da gamba	viola da gamba	string, viol
Violetta	violetta	string, viola
Violone	violone	string, viol
Organ	Organo	key, organ
Harpsichord	Cembalo	key, harpsichord
Lute	Liuto	string, lute
continuo	basso continuo	bass group

 

UNIT 5                                                        12

• Study of the contribution of selected composers of Baroque Era
• Composer in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era – Philippe de Monte (1521–1603)
• Composers of the Early Baroque era – Sebastián Raval (1550–1604), Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, or Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580–1651)
• Composers of the Middle Baroque era – Abraham Megerle (1607–1680)
• Composers of the Late Baroque era – Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian composer, violinist, teacher and cleric, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), George Frederic Handel (1685–1759)
• The Bach family – Johann Ambrosius Bach, Heinrich Bach, Johann Christoph Bach ,Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German composer and organist

Listening sessions wherever possible

Total:                                                               60h

COURSE OUTCOME:

At the end of this course the students will be able to,

CO-1: Understand the characteristic features of the music of the Baroque period

CO-2: Understand the forms of music prevalent in the Baroque period

CO-3: Understand the articulations and dynamics in the period

CO-4: Understand select instruments of the era.

CO-5: Understand the contribution of select composers of Baroque Era

TEXT BOOK:

1. A History of Baroque Music by George J. Buelow