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[|My Bach and Handel Glog][ [[image:composerprojectgr5/jsbach_pipe_organ.jpg]] [[image:composerprojectgr5/gfhandel_1.jpg]][[file:Grade+5+project+internet+sites.doc]] Grade 5 Baroque Period Composer Project

Step 1. Chose a composer from the list of Baroque composers at the bottom of this page. No one may do the same composer as another person in your class so you must check with Mrs. McGarvey.

. Find 15 facts about a composer that you have chosen from the list. //** (2 weeks) **// //**There is a document attached at the top of this page with internet sites you may use. Here is a great site that might help you choose a composer to research: [|Classics for Kids]**//
 * Facts should include information about: his life, kind of music he wrote and for whom, instruments he played, his family, places he lived, etc.
 * Enter the 15 facts on your page in this Wikispace. Mrs. McGarvey must check your facts before you start step 2. You can send her a notice from your wikispace.
 * You must put the facts in your own words. No cut and pasting from internet sites - that's a BIG NO-NO!
 * You may work at home as well as in music class at school.

Step 2. Using your facts: You will then make a Prezi presentation ([|www.prezi.com]) using your research. **// (2 weeks) //**
 * You should design your Prezi so that your facts are presented in chronological order.
 * You may add pictures of your composer, his/her birthplace, family, etc.
 * You should import one video/audio file of your composers work being played. (you may use YouTube)
 * You should also find pictures which relate to your composers life.
 * You will be given a login and password by Mrs. McGarvey after you are done step 1.

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Top Baroque Period Composers = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">By [|Aaron Green], <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The music of the [|Baroque Period] is even more popular today than it was four hundred years ago. Its unique styles, textures, and forms enchant and delight millions of listeners each year. From Bach to Pachelbel, each composer on this list greatly influenced the shape and course of classical music. And though I would love to include the many other Baroque Period composers, because they too, had a great impact on the music, there's just not enough room in a Top list.

===<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">1. [|Johann Sebastian Bach]media type="file" key="Johann Sebastian Bach - Bouree (Bach).mp3" width="240" height="20" === <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coming in at number one is Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was a genius keyboardist (mastering the organ and harpsichord) and brilliant composer. Bach brought baroque music to its culmination, writing music for nearly every type of musical form. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Air on a G String, Double Violin Concerto, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, B Minor Mass, and The Unaccompanied Cello Suites

===<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">2. [|George Frideric Handel]media type="file" key="amclassical_air_from_the_water_music.mp3" width="240" height="20" === <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Born in the same year as J.S. Bach in a town fifty miles away, George Frideric Handel, who later became a British citizen, led a much different life than Bach. Handel, too, composed for every musical genre of his time, even creating the English oratorio. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: [|The Messiah], Music for the Royal Fireworks, and Water Music

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">3. [|Antonio Vivaldi]
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Vivaldi wrote over 500 concertos and is believed to have invented ritornello form (a theme returning throughout the piece). However, much of Vivaldi’s music lay “undiscovered” until the early 1930’s; this newly discovered music earned Vivaldi the title “The Viennese Counterpart to Bach and Handel.” <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: [|The Four Seasons], Gloria, and Con Alla Rustica in G

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">4. George Philipp Telemann
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">A good friend of both Bach and Handel, George Philipp Telemann was also a distinguished musician and composer of his time. Telemann’s incorporation of unusual instrumentation in his concertos is one of the things that that made him unique. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Viola Concerto in G, Trio Sonata in C minor, and the Paris Quartets

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">5. Arcangelo Corelli
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian teacher, violinist, and composer. Corelli’s mastery of the tone of the newly invented violin earned him great reviews throughout Europe. He is coined to have been the first person to create basic violin technique. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Concerto Grossi, Christmas Concerto, and Sonata de camera in D minor

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">6. Henry Purcell
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">With a lifetime of only thirty-five years, Purcell achieved such musical greatness as being considered one of England’s greatest composers and the most original composer of his time. Purcell was extremely talented in word-setting and composed very successful works for stage. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Dido & Aeneas, The Fairy Queen, and Sound the Trumpet

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">7. Domenico Scarlatti
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Domenico Scarlatti, son of Alessandro Scarlatti (another well-known baroque composer), wrote 555 known harpsichord sonatas, of which, over half was written in the last six years of his life. Scarlatti made use of Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish dance rhythms throughout many of his works. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Essercizi per Gravicembalo (sonatas for harpsichord)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">8. Jean-Philippe Rameaumedia type="file" key="Gavotte - 02 Mp3" width="240" height="20"
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">A French composer, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s music was known for its bold melodic lines and harmonies. Aside from harpsichord, Rameau’s greatest contribution to music was in tragédie lyrique opera. His wide use of moods and musical colors were beyond those of his counterparts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Hippolyte et Aricie and Castor et Pollux, Trait, and Les Indes galantes

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">9. Johann Pachelbelmedia type="file" key="amclassical_pachelbel_canon_in_d.mp3" width="240" height="20"
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Johann Pachelbel taught Johann Christoph Bach (J.S. Bach’s older brother) music. J.C. Bach said that J.S. Bach greatly admired Pachelbel’s music. Pachelbel’s music is considered by many to be stylistically related to J.S. Bach’s. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Popular Works: Pachelbel Canon, Chaconne in F minor, and Toccata in C minor for organ

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">10. Claudio Monteverdi **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, gambist, singer and Roman Catholic priest. Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">11. Jean-Baptiste Lully **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Jean-Baptiste Lully was a Florentine-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French baroque style.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">12. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">François Couperin **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family. [|Wikipedia]

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