The Period of the Baroque Music

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: MUSIC HISTORY
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Annotated Bibliography: Music History
1 Coorevits, Esther, and Dirk Moelants. "Tempo in baroque music and dance." Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal 33, no. 5 (2016): 523-545.
Esther Coorevits and Dirk Moelants explain the dance movement in the Baroque period. The authors have provided extensive details on the relationship between tempo and music during the 1600-1750 era. According to Coorevits and Moelants, dance movements differed during this period in music history. For example, every step had a unique dance style and specific tempo. Furthermore, the journal shows a different interpretation of music during this particular period. There was a close relationship between the dance movement and the music itself during the Baroque period. Every step would match the tempo and body movements, respectively.
2 Cyr, Mary. Performing baroque music. Routledge, 2017.
“Performing Baroque Music" is a book written by Mary Cyr, and it provides a historical overview of music during the Baroque period. It also collaborates with the taste and interpretation of music during this era. The author demonstrates the role of the audience and performers during the Baroque era. Typically, this book guides the current generation and explains the process of music performed during this particular period. It is filled with content that analyzes the overall perception of Baroque music to both performers and the audience. It also provides the music pitch and dynamics during the 17th and 18th centuries.
3 Christensen, Thomas. "The Spanish baroque guitar and seventeenth-century triadic theory." Journal of Music Theory 36, no. 1 (1992): 1-42.
The journal is about the musical instruments used during the Baroque period. For instance, the use of guitars during this period. Thomas Christensen further gives a triadic theory in the history of this particular instrument in the 1600 era. Moreover, he explains the source of tonal variations in the music during the Baroque period. The author also brings notes and major and minor keys into the light. The Spanish guitar was standard during this period, and most musicians would integrate guitar in their performance. Christensen explains the aspects of harmonic progressions in guitar and other musical instruments.
4 Fiore, Angela. "Music and Power in the Baroque Era Lucca, 11–13 November 2016." Eighteenth-Century Music 14, no. 2 (2017): 337-340.
This journal explains the relationship between production, music, and performance during the Baroque period. During the 17th and 18th centuries, music was also used as a weapon of politics. Every musical phenomenon had a unique ideology depending on location and audience. Ideally, the author shows the power of music during the Baroque era. There are different music leaders in the journal, and each one had a positive contribution towards the growth of music at that time. Kreisler introduced playing notes in piano other than "free play." It also highlighted the most familiar performance places in Venice and other parts of Europe in the 17th century.
5 Farrant, D., 2021. “10 important Baroque period composers you need to know about.” Hellomusictheory.com. Available at: [Accessed 4 March 2022].
In his article, Dan Farrant gives 10 influential Baroque composers who shaped music history during the 1600-1750 period. In his writings, Dan emphasizes on significant development of classical music in the Baroque era. At this time, the composer became more professional, and they would indulge in producing decorated melodies and use instrumentals to make music lively. Additionally, the author looks at some of the critical composers during the Baroque era. For example, Claudio Monteverdi wrote the first opera in fusion music. Some of these composers also provide musical materials such as music composition books.
6 Kilicaslan and Tezgel, 2014. “Music in the Baroque, by Wendy Heller.” College Music Symposium, 54.
The authors of this journal analyze the work of professor Wendy Heller who created a music symposium. The symposium analyzed music components in the Baroque era. The journal provides extensive details int eh significance of the tones and instrumentals during the Baroque period. According to the authors, music in the Baroque period was unique, depending on the composers. It also analyzes the aspect of dances during that period. Dance movements, instruments, music composition, are the main components of the music discussed in this journal. Moreover, the journal also explains the significance of musical expressions during the Baroque period.
7 Kuloglu, Nilgun. "Teaching strategies learning through art: music and basic design education." Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 182 (2015): 395-401.
The journal acts as a bridge between the old times and the modern days of music. It creates significant sentiments that help understand music's history during the Baroque perio...