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Baroque styles
music history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the Baroque period? | 1600-1750 |
| Genres in the Baroque period. | Solo concerto, keyboard work, opera, oratorio, concerto grosso, mass, suite, cantata, chamber music. |
| Elements of the Baroque period. | Figured bass, improvisation, terraced dynamics, Doctrine of the Affections, polyphonic texture. |
| Composers to know. | J.S. Bach, Handel. |
| Works to know. | Le quattro stagioni(La primavera), Prelude and fugue in C minor, Messiah. |