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Episode 1 - The Period UNIT 3 WORKSHEET #2 Name QUAVER REPORT Great of the Baroque Period HIS LIFE AND INTERESTING FACTS • Born March 4, 1678 in and • Vivaldi was employed by a wealthy died , 1741 in . orphanage for girls and wrote lots of • He wrote over 450 pieces of music. music for them as practice pieces. • He wrote hundreds of and • He was fired from the orphanage and . A Baroque had two then got his job back at the same place! groups of players, one larger than the • He had red hair and on the day he was other. In a concert, they took turns born there was an earthquake. performing. • Vivaldi had asthma. • One of his popular pieces is THE FOUR SEASONS. Find out more on Quavermusic.com Sebastian Bach HIS LIFE AND MUSIC FUN FACTS • Born March 21,3 1685 and died July • He was never famous in his lifetime. In 28, 1750 in . fact, he was just known as the church • One of Bach’s most famous pieces . BUT, after he died, people was his AIR ON A G STRING. realized what a genius he was. • Bach was a musical genius who • He had twenty children, of which four played the organ. He wrote organ became famous musicians. pieces, pieces, pieces, • Bach was very impatient with people pieces, pieces, and not as skilled as himself. He once took off loads more. his wig and threw it at a player who • He was employed by churches and couldn’t play the right notes. On another therefore wrote loads of church music. occasion he told a bad player • Bach was a master at writing , that he sounded like a nanny goat! which were really like rounds, but a bit more complicated.

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©2011 Quaver’s Marvelous World Of Music Episode 1 - The Baroque Period UNIT 3 WORKSHEET #2 QUAVER REPORT Great Composers of the Baroque Period HIS LIFE AND MUSIC FUN FACTS • Born in Germany February 23, 1685 • Handel’s dad banned him from playing and died April 14, 1759. the , but he managed to • He spent most of his life in smuggle one up to his bedroom in the and later became an English citizen. attic and practice it when his dad was • He wrote many pieces for English asleep. royalty such as Music for the Royal • During a performance of Music for the Fireworks and , requested Royal Fireworks , one of the fireworks hit by King George I, who wanted a concert a specially made wooden carving of on the . George I. The whole stage caught fire and • Handel wrote 40 operas and many fell apart! (operas without the acting). • Beethoven once said of Handel, • One of his most popular pieces today “Handel is the greatest who is his , which contains the ever lived. I would bare my head and famous Hallelujah Chorus (Track). kneel at his grave.” • In addition to his larger pieces, he also wrote 16 keyboard suites, which were sets of small pieces based on dances. Find out more on Quavermusic.com More about the Baroque Period... • The Baroque Period followed the Renaissance Period from 1600 to 1750. It was a period of and fancy music.

• Singers and instrumentalists used ornaments such as trills, turns, and appoggiaturas to make their music more fancy.

• The harpsichord was a featured instrument during this period of music.

• Women were not allowed to perform in Baroque orches- Other Famous Composers... tras. Chairs were not allowed; musicians stood to perform. • (1653–1706) • (1659–1695) • The was introduced near the end of the Baroque • (1681–1767) Period. • Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

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