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Baroque timeline

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Contents

Funky fugue

Parts A and B

Baroque timeline

Explore the timeline to learn more about famous Baroque composers.

Baroque composers

What were each of these composers known for?

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Episode

Funky fugue

Parts A and B

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Explore the timeline to find out about composers from the Baroque period.

Baroque timeline

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1567 - 1643 Claudio Monteverdi
1685 - 1759 George Frideric Handel
1653 - 1706 Johann Pachelbel

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1685 - 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach
1659 - 1695 Henry Purcell
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Claudio Monteverdi and the invention of opera 1567 - 1643
  • Italian composer
  • Monteverdi invented the musical form opera.
  • He also invented recitative, a speech-like type of singing.

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Johann Pachelbel and the canon 1653 - 1706
  • German composer
  • Pachelbel developed new musical forms like the canon.
  • He is most widely known for his piece Canon in D.

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Henry Purcell and the ground bass 1659 - 1695
  • English composer
  • Purcell created music for the theatre, the church and the royal court.
  • He developed a way to structure music called ground bass.
  • Ground bass means playing a repeating melodic pattern on a bass instrument.

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Johann Sebastian Bach and the fugue 1685 - 1750
  • German composer
  • He helped develop new musical forms like the fugue.
  • In a fugue, two main musical parts called the subject and counter-subject enter at different points, weaving round each other throughout the music.
  • His concertos, organ music and church music are often still performed today.

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George Frideric Handel and the oratorio 1685 - 1759
  • German composer, who spent most of his life in Britain.
  • Handel was influenced by all the Baroque composers who came before him, so his work combines different styles.
  • He introduced the oratorio to Britain - a religious vocal work, like opera, but without theatrical staging.

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What can you remember? Click the composer to find out!

Baroque composers

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canon

oratorio

recitative

opera

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1685 - 1759 George Frideric Handel
1653 - 1706 Johann Pachelbel
1567 - 1643 Claudio Monteverdi

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ground bass

fugue

1685 - 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach
1659 - 1695 Henry Purcell
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What can you remember? Click the composer to find out!

Baroque composers

agefotostock / Alamy Stock Photo

Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Reset

canon

oratorio

recitative

opera

Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo

1685 - 1759 George Frideric Handel
1653 - 1706 Johann Pachelbel
1567 - 1643 Claudio Monteverdi

GL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo

ground bass

fugue

1685 - 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach
1659 - 1695 Henry Purcell
©2023 Kapow Primary
www.kapowprimary.com

Contents

Baroque timeline

Explore the timeline to learn more about famous Baroque composers.

Baroque composers

What were each of these composers known for?

©2023 Kapow Primary
www.kapowprimary.com