Classical Vs Baroque

Baroque music existed from 1600 to 1750 whereas classical music existed from 1750 to 1820. The word

“baroque” comes from the Portuguese word Baroque, meaning ‘misshapen pearl’, while classical era is referred to both as “the age of reason” and “the age of revolution”. A baroque piece is famous for its doctrine of mood, whereas, great variety and contrast of mood received new emphasis in classical music. Ornaments are a characteristic of Baroque music, especially in any repeated sections of a piece, but Ornaments are used much less in Classical music. The Baroque period can be characterized by busy, ornamented, and excessive. The orchestra was concerto which used polyphonic textures, was decorative meaning music involved dynamic changes and was elaborate. The classical orchestra had

In contrast to the polyphonic texture of the late baroque music, classical music is basically homophonic. Both the baroque and the classical period in music produce great household name, composers, such as Johannes Sebastian

Bach and George Handle In the baroque era, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Josef Haydn in the classical period. Baroque period is characterized using the harpsichord, where the classical period is popular for its whispered use of the piano. In the baroque period, the popular forms were Concerti Grossi,

Fugues, and suites. And in the classical period, composers mainly wrote Concertos, Symphonies, and

Sonatas. Most of the pieces in the classical period are written in sonata form, which divides the piece into three sections such as, exposition, development, and recapitulation. Baroque harmonies are chordally conceived and tightly bound to the basso continuo and the basso continuo was gradually abandoned during the classical period. Opera, Oratorio, and Cantata are the three dramatic genres of music that were developed during the Baroque period. The social and political movement that