The Classical Music History Podcast
The Baroque Era
Episode 5: Vocal Genres
with host Sarah Joy (cellist, songwriter and music educator)
00:42 Opera
05:35 Madrigal
07:40 Oratorio
09:07 Motets
09:27 Cantata
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The term «Baroque music» refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period.
Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, and is widely studied, performed, and listened to. The term «Baroque» comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning «misshapen pearl».
The works of George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach are considered the pinnacle of the Baroque period. Other key composers of the Baroque era include Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and others.
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Watch this Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3StE4iP
Music played in this episode:
George Frideric Handel
The Messiah, HWV 56: No. 23, Hallelujah
Caecilia Consort, Ensemble Vocale Aenigma, Schola Cantorum San Gioachimo
Antonio Eros Negri, Alessio Raimondi
Listen to the full pieces on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1djHpikcyxbQzwzEKw4CEn
Subscribe to Sarah’s YouTube channel: @sarahjoyrecordings
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Main (non-exclusive) Source Materials:
– “Part III.” A History of Music in Western Culture, Third ed., Combined, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010
– Ewen, David. The World of Great Composers, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1962
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