PRIVIRE DE ANSAMBLU ASUPRA BAROCULUI MUZICAL
OVERVIEW OF MUSICAL BAROQUE

Author(s): Iulian Horez
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Vocational Education, History of Art
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: Musical Baroque; periodization; polyphony; accompanied monody;
Summary/Abstract: After a brief presentation of the social situation that appeared at the beginning of the Baroque, we framed the current in the historical period - being located between the end of the 16th century and the middle of the 18th century - after which we defined the term baroque and specified the etymology of the word. Also, in this first introductory part we talked about how the Baroque evolved first in the other arts - architecture, painting, sculpture, theater, dance and literature - and then with strict reference to the art of music. We followed a periodization of the Baroque, made according to some musicologists as follows: an early period that is characterized by the gradual transition from choral polyphony to accompanied monody and is distinguished by highlighting a single melodic line, which makes possible the appearance of opera and vocal genres- symphonic, such as the oratorio and cantata; a middle period in which the development of opera, ballet opera, court ballet, but also instrumental music takes place; and a late period of synthesis, which fixes the concept of tonality through the two basic modes: major and minor

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