Intro to the Baroque Period of Classical Music

A quick introduction to Baroque music and the Baroque period. Exploring ideas of contrast, historical context, and what sort of listener would enjoy this epoch of music.

Intro (0:00)
The years that encompass the Baroque Period (0:32)
An Overview of the Baroque Period (1:11)
Historical Context for the Baroque Period (1:47)
General Characteristics of Baroque Music (2:26)
What sort of listener would enjoy Baroque Music? (5:50)

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[KeepitClassical]

BTW, the third video of "Griselda" was composed by Antonio Vivaldi. I made a mistake in the edit 😅

[kgriff]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned, but your color scheme of your books with matching t-shirts through the periods is visually amazing!!

[therolliewoodshow]

thank you so much for making these!!! these are honestly so informative and well-made. im studying Arts and Culture at university and i cant describe how helpful those videos are sometimes for a person that's never been into the history of music

[laceandribbonsviolin]

Thank you! Showing this to my music class tomorrow!
0:38 music periods timeline

[Lifeonbooks]

You should do a video about the new movie Tar. It would be great to hear a professional breakdown and it would probably get a ton of views.

[ziadgholam]

A small error ... at 4:35 The composer of Griselda (sung here by Cecilia Bartoli) is Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) and not Henry Purcell (1659-1695) ... But I forgive you as you are so nice ;-) !

[jadentoodrippy]

i saw you at Bent tree elementry this year today

[hannahchristinah]

What?! No "If it's not Baroque, don't fix it" joke? Not in the whole 9 minutes?? How did you resist?!

[clareewilson]

Where are all the other videos for the Baroque period? I can only see 1 😬

[Chwkbaseballplayer]

Shout out to my boy Jean-Joseph de Mondonville with his grand motet Cantate Domino

[MicahiLove]

Baroque period means it is Baroque music (not classical music). Classical music is identified with music coming from the Classical Period. Not to be confused with "classic music." No disrespect intended, just a small pet peeve of mine lol.

[highvoltge]

Couldn't miss an opportunity to pretend colonialism is the cause of modern suffering? Yet, completely glossed over the fact that French Nobility's horrid treatment of its people single handedly returned the world from empirial rule to republic rule. I came here for music history, not propoganda.

[Anthonyjdidiens]

I hate music class and was also forced to watch this

[lilliedoubleyou]

I could have done without the unnecessary dig at colonialism in a video about Music History, especially since it's not true: the benefits of European colonization and civilization-planting outside of Europe has resulted in significantly more positives than negatives. But again, this is completely beside the point in a video about Music History.

[Paul-qrhu]

'European colonisation propogated untold human suffering.' Agreed. But you forgot to mention the devastating impact of the scientific revolution and the crippling effect of philosophy. Don't forget to mention the English settlers in 1607. Terrible people. Can you believe it led to the development of the most powerful country in the world. Disgraceful.