Baroque music

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Baroque music is a highly ornate and expressive style of Western classical music, prominent from roughly 1600 to 1750, characterized by complex counterpoint, dramatic contrasts, and the development of forms like the concerto and the fugue.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Baroque music canonical 11
Baroque 2
Baroque concerto form 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical music period ⓘ
style of Western classical music ⓘ
associatedAesthetic affect theory ⓘ
associatedArtMovement Baroque art ⓘ
linked to: Baroque
characteristic basso continuo ⓘ
complex counterpoint ⓘ
dramatic contrasts ⓘ
expressive melodies ⓘ
motoric rhythmic drive ⓘ
ornamentation ⓘ
terraced dynamics ⓘ
tonal harmony ⓘ
use of figured bass ⓘ
developedForm cantata ⓘ
chorale prelude ⓘ
concerto ⓘ
concerto grosso ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
opera ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
passion (music) ⓘ
solo concerto ⓘ
sonata ⓘ
suite ⓘ
employsTechnique da capo aria form ⓘ
ground bass ⓘ
imitation ⓘ
ornamental trills and mordents ⓘ
ritornello form ⓘ
sequences ⓘ
follows Renaissance music ⓘ
linked to: Western art music
hasSubperiod Early Baroque ⓘ
Late Baroque ⓘ
Middle Baroque ⓘ
influenced Classical music ⓘ
Romantic music ⓘ
modern historically informed performance practice ⓘ
majorCenter Austria ⓘ
England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
notableComposer Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
Arcangelo Corelli ⓘ
Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ
Domenico Scarlatti ⓘ
Georg Philipp Telemann ⓘ
George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Heinrich Schütz ⓘ
Henry Purcell ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lully ⓘ
Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
precedes Classical period (music) ⓘ
linked to: Classical period
timePeriodEnd circa 1750 ⓘ
timePeriodStart circa 1600 ⓘ
typicalEnsemble baroque orchestra ⓘ
chamber ensemble ⓘ
church choir ⓘ
typicalTexture homophony ⓘ
polyphony ⓘ
typicalVenue church ⓘ
court ⓘ
opera house ⓘ
usesInstrument baroque flute ⓘ
baroque trumpet ⓘ
bassoon ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
lute ⓘ
oboe ⓘ
organ ⓘ
recorder ⓘ
theorbo ⓘ
viola da gamba ⓘ
violin ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Haydn → influencedBy → Baroque music ⓘ
First Viennese School → musicGenre → Western art music ⓘ
linked to: Baroque music
Heinrich Schütz → movement → Early Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Baroque music
Heinrich Schütz → movement → Baroque music ⓘ
John Blow → influenced → English Baroque music ⓘ
linked to: Baroque music
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 → stylePeriod → Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Baroque music
Johann Buxtehude → movement → Baroque music ⓘ
Concerto Grosso (Markevitch) → hasInfluenceFrom → Baroque music ⓘ
subject linked to: Concerto Grosso
RV 269–RV 297 → period → Baroque music ⓘ
RV 269 (Spring) → period → Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Baroque music
Violin Concerto No. 1 → influencedBy → Baroque concerto form ⓘ
linked to: Baroque music
Empfindsamkeit movement → influencedBy → Baroque music ⓘ
Sir Charles Mackerras → fieldOfWork → Baroque music ⓘ
BWV 849 → genre → Baroque music ⓘ
Reinhard Goebel → fieldOfWork → Baroque music ⓘ
Naïve → genre → Baroque music ⓘ
Canon cancrizans → genre → Baroque music ⓘ