§ Music Appreciation

• Lectures by Ron Schmerhorn

§ Baroque Era (1600-1750)

• Lec 7 .
• Absolute monarchy, religious wars, new world (mayflower: 1620).
• Rising middle class.
• Concerts from the palace to the concert hall.
• Toccota and fugue in D minor (JS Bach).
• Basso continuo: continuous bass line in pieces.

§ Thoughts and ideas

• Excessively ornate, Extravagant.
• Dichotomy of wasteful luxury and poverty.
• Cello suite #1 -- Prelude