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CHARACTERISTICS

  • Emancipation of instrumental music.

  • Technical evolution of instruments

  • The birh of orchestra: organized ensemble, perfection of instruments and timbric richness.

  • Performers specialized in one instrument: apprearance of the first 'virtuosos'.

  • Orchestra: string, woodwind, brass and percussion: trumpets, horns, Kettledrums, flutes, oboes, bassons, violins,violas, double basses, harpsichord, violoncellos.

  • It's made up of a sequence of dances of different nature.

  • ALLEMANDE: binary rhythm, slow tempo

       COURANTE: ternary rhythm, fast tempo

       SARABANDE: ternary rhythm, slow tempo

       GIGUE: ternary rhythm, fast tempo

  • J.S.BACH

Suite

FORMS

Sonata

  • Four movements that contrast along slow ad fast beats with different textures and rhythms.

  • Slow- fast (fugued)- slow (homophonic) - fast

  • It's composed for a solo instrument, a duo or a trio, but always with the accompaniment of the basso continuo.

Concerto

  • Three contrasting movements; depending on how the instruments intervene:

Concerto grosso: for a group of soloists (concertino) and the rest of the orchestra (tutti). A.CORELLI, G.F.HAENDEL, J.S.BACH

Solo concerto: composed fora single soloist instrument that contrasts in constant dialog with the orchestra.A.VIVALDI

 

Fugue

For organ; 1 movement, counterpoint texture, based on imitation.

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