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	Baroque Music - Part One
		Most of the Baroque musical instruments and forms which evolved during the Baroque period survive today, particularly as they were embodied in the most familiar European art music, the music of the Classical and Romantic periods of the nineteenth century.
		Baroque woodwinds were all made of wood, even the flute, and had few or no keys, unlike their nineteenth century descendants.
		Baroque musicians were not concerned with expressing their own feelings and emotions, rather they sought to describe with objectivity, feelings and emotions which were distinct from what they actually felt.
	trumpet.sdsu.edu /M345/Baroque_Music1.html (3480 words)

	The Different Genres of Baroque Music
		By modern standard, the baroque orchestra was small consisting of ten to thirty players.
		The nucleus of the baroque orchestra is in the basso continuo (It is commonly made up of the cello or the harpsichord.) and the strings.
		The newly invented clarinet was added to the orchestra about the middle of the 18th century, and pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, and clarinets became common.
	library.thinkquest.org /27927/Baroque_Genres.htm (934 words)

	Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra is Canada's pre-eminent period instrument orchestra, founded in 1978 by oboist Kenneth Solway and bassoonist Susan Graves.
		At a time when large symphony orchestras are struggling to staunch the flow of departing subscribers, Tafelmusik enjoys a loyal and steadily growing audience for its Toronto season, which is performed at Trinity-St Paul's United Church.
		The orchestra's recordings have netted it four JUNO AWARDS and nominations for several Gramophone awards.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007849 (517 words)

	VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, biographie, discographie
		Bringing fresh energy to the rich legacy of Baroque music that endures in Venice, the Venice Baroque Orchestra - the resident orchestra of the city’s Scuola Grande di San Rocco, one of Venice’s most venerable and respected cultural institutions - has become an important new force in the field of period-instruments performance.
		The orchestra focuses on Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries, and the ongoing rediscovery of Italian Baroque opera.
		In the spirit of a true Baroque orchestra, the size and composition of the Venice Baroque Orchestra varies, reflecting the demands of the repertoire, from a small chamber ensemble to the classic orchestra.
	www.goldbergweb.com /fr/interpreters/orchestras/9239.php (390 words)

	Jefferson Baroque Orchestra
		Welcome to the 13th Season of the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra and Chorus.
		Founder/director Jim Rich, the governing board and the musicians of the orchestra are to be commended for their tireless efforts to bring to the present the authentic sounds of the past, a past whose elegance and charm JBO recreates in each and every concert."
		"The Baroque Orchestra is a glowing gem in the glittering diadem of the State of Jefferson arts community."
	www.jeffersonbaroque.org (284 words)

	The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Ton Koopman
		Bringing together the finest baroque specialists from throughout Europe and the United States, the orchestra has become firmly established at the pinnacle of authentic instrument ensembles through its frequent international tours and critically acclaimed recordings.
		The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir tmade its first joint tour of the United States with J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass in November 1996, appearing at many of the country's leading concert halls including Avery Fisher Hall in New York City and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.
		Ton Koopman, founder of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir is one of the leading figures in early music: an organist, harpsichordist and conductor of international renown.
	www.concertartist.info /biog/AMS001.html (233 words)

	Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra on SONY BMG Masterworks
		The Amsterdam Baroque Choir was founded in 1992 and it made its début during the Holland Festival of Early Music in Utrecht performing the world première of the Requiem (for 15 voices) and Vespers (for 32 voices) by H.I.F. Biber.
		In 1994 Ton Koopman and his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir embarked upon the most ambitious recording project of the last decades: the integral recording of Bach’s secular and sacred cantatas, performed with the very latest musicological research.
		The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra has been working with the French label ERATO for fifteen years and has produced wonderful recordings of all major baroque and classical works.
	www.sonybmgmasterworks.com /artists/amsterdambaroqueorchestra/index.html (494 words)

	Baroque orchestra comes to Stephens - Pulse
		The Venice Baroque Orchestra, "Season at Stephens" second act of the year, is an ensemble of classical musicians who have been together for the past five years.
		The orchestra specializes in playing a Baroque style of classical music from a period in art and music popular during the 17th and 18th centuries.
		The orchestra is unique in that it performs with the original antique instruments that Baroque musicians used during the period.
	www.iowastatedaily.com /news/2002/10/04/Pulse/Baroque.Orchestra.Comes.To.Stephens-1092268.shtml (444 words)

	Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Baroque
		The end of the sixteenth century saw the birth, in Florence, Italy, of a new art form, one that rejected the multivoice, or polyphonic, style that had prevailed in music for the previous century and a half and replaced it with a modern style of music that featured solo voice with instrumental accompaniment.
		In addition to opera and its primary components, recitative and aria, the Baroque era gave rise to the sonata, concerto, suite, prelude, fugue, overture, oratorio, and cantata.
		Given the remarkable fertility of the period, it is no surprise that there is no such thing as a single Baroque style consistent from country to country, composer to composer, or form to form.
	www.cso.org /main.taf?p=1,1,4,2 (669 words)

	The Orchestra
		The New World Baroque Orchestra (originally The San Luis Early Music Consort) was founded in 1985 to support the activities of the Central Coast Renaissance Historical Society.
		The New World Baroque Orchestra brings the joys and treasure of the Baroque Era in Early California--- a time when grace and refinement were paramount--- to today’s audiences.
		A bridge between Generations The New World Baroque Orchestra is unique not only for the breadth of its repertoire, but in its genuinely intergenerational character.
	nwbaroque.org /orchestra.html (319 words)

	Musica Nova Orchestras
		Orchestra is a fully professional symphony performing new and neglected music of the highest caliber.
		String Orchestra specializes in an often overlooked repertoire, the depth and beauty of music written through the centuries for string orchestra.
		Baroque Orchestra uses historically informed performance practices to present a vivid new approach to music from the Baroque and Classical eras.
	www.musicanovaaz.org /findout.htm (141 words)

	American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
		In 1992, American Baroque began exploring the territory of performing new music written for historical instruments through its collaboration with composer, member and gambist Roy Whelden and his pieces Quartet After Abel and Gamba Quartet, which resulted in a CD release on the New Albion label in 1993.
		A riveting and deeply expressive performer, she is concertmaster and frequent soloist with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, and the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra.
		Stephen Schultz, founder of American Baroque, is principal and solo flutist with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Musica Angelica of Los Angeles, and performs with the American Bach Soloists, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and Joshua Rifkin's Bach Ensemble.
	magnatune.com /artists/american_baroque (1485 words)

	Baroque Composers — Overview, individual biographies
		Typical of baroque musicians active in Rome was the composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), whose style of playing became the basis for the violin technique of the 18th and 19th centuries, and whose chamber music compositions were far-reaching in their influence.
		An underlying, all-pervading and inspirational influence on Italian baroque music was provided by its violin-makers, mainly centered in Cremona - the Amati family in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Guarneri and Stradivari families in the 17th and 18th.
		Johann Friedrich Reichardt wrote in 1774: "Good though the Berlin orchestra has always been, those people qualified to judge and who were acquainted with both always preferred the Dresden orchestra under the leadership of the renowned Concertmeister Pishändel." With the permission of the Court, Pisendel traveled to France in 1714 and to Italy in 1716/17.
	www.baroquemusic.org /barcomp.html (4642 words)

	Boise Baroque Orchestra
		The Portland Baroque Orchestra - The Portland Baroque Orchestra is dedicated to presenting spirited, authentic interpretations of 17th and 18th century music to a wide audience and, through outreach and dialogue, to educating the community about baroque music: its composers, themes, instruments, and performance practices.
		The Seattle Baroque Orchestra - The goal of Seattle Baroque is to awaken contemporary audiences to the vitality of 17th and 18th century music through historically informed performance of both familiar and unknown works.
		You will learn what defines baroque music, who were the principal composers of the baroque era, and what instruments are characteristic of the period.
	www.boisebaroque.com /links.html (241 words)

	Baroque
		The consistent feature of all these orchestras was the string section, enhanced now by double basses and a large violin section (the viola was still present, but no longer the most common string instrument).
		The orchestra to which he referred was housed at the Dresden Hofkappelle, and its seating plan (enlarge the image to the right) shows a large string ensemble with both woodwind and brass instruments:
		With a few changes, this Baroque lineup was soon to evolve into the basis of the Classical orchestra.
	www.philharmonia.co.uk /thesoundexchange/the_orchestra/history/baroque.html (547 words)

	Baroque Music (1600-1750)
		The orchestra started to take shape, mainly in the strings, and the violins became the dominant instrument, and most important in orchestras.
		During the Baroque period, instrumental music became equally as important as vocal music.
		Pucell, Corelli, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti and Couperin all composed sonatas.
	www.rpfuller.com /gcse/music/baroque.html (929 words)

	An ebullient evening for Amsterdam Baroque - The Boston Globe
		The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, led by Danish conductor Ton Koopman (center), gave a oively and ebullient performance last Friday.
		Over the years, the Dutch conductor Ton Koopman has been a lively force in the world of Baroque music, with his high-caliber Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir as his main vehicle.
		From the orchestra, the playing was generally vivid, light, and clear, though not without passing moments of wayward pitch or small infelicities, as in the slightly bumpy trumpet solos.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/12/12/an_ebullient_evening_for_amsterdam_baroque (429 words)

	Willamette Week - Portland Baroque Orchestra, Danse Baroque - April 8, 1998
		Modern listeners are accustomed to hearing the music of the Baroque in the still atmosphere of concert halls, but the names of many of its forms indicate that their origins lie elsewhere.
		The dancing master was a common figure in the households of the nobility, and the rise of the bourgeoisie saw an overall technical decline in dance.
		Not far into the 18th century, Baroque dance music came to take on a life of its own; J.S. Bach's cello suites, for example--Yo-Yo Ma's recent multimedia interpretations notwithstanding--are late adaptations of the forms not intended to be danceable.
	www.wweek.com /html/pbo040898.html (659 words)

	HOME
		The Netherlands Baroque Orchestra is an ensemble founded by members of the "Domcantorij" following a musical tradition that dates back to the 13th century, and performs regularly in concerts throughout Europe.
		The orchestra plays on a priceless consort of instruments that was made from wood cut in 1720.
		Ravind Sangha, the orchestras director, was made custodian of the instruments by John Godschall Johnson This is the only orchestra in the world to formed of instruments made by the same maker and designed to produce one homogenous sound as was the custom in the Baroque time.
	netherlandsbaroqueorchestra.com /index.html (298 words)

	Boise Baroque Orchestra
		he Boise Baroque Orchestra is a professional performing ensemble dedicated to enhancing the arts in the Treasure Valley.
		Boise Baroque highlights the music of the baroque period with a performing style designed to create an intimate and highly entertaining concert experience.
		Boise Baroque's musicians are area professionals with a particular interest in performing the obscure as well as the better-known works of the period.
	www.boisebaroque.com (91 words)

	About the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Orchestra members believe that the sounds of historical instruments--Baroque violin, oboe, flute, harpsicord, cello--are better suited than their modern counterparts to the expressive needs of the music of the Baroque period.
		ABO musicians are all specialists in performing music of the Baroque on these instruments; however, all play modern instruments as well.
		As a young, developing orchestra, it is extremely grateful for the financial support of its patrons and encourages donations and volunteers.
	www.atlantabaroque.org /orch.htm (435 words)

	Pacific Baroque Orchestra - Marc Destrubé (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A native of Victoria, Marc Destrubé is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster or director/conductor of orchestras and divides his time between performances of the standard repertoire, particularly music of the 20th century, on modern instruments, and performing baroque and classical music on period instruments.
		He was concertmaster of the CBC Radio Orchestra in Vancouver from 1996 to 2002, and is concertmaster of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra.
		He has been director of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra since its founding in 1991 and has been responsible for commissioning works for the orchestra from a number of Vancouver-based composers, as well as instigating other innovative projects such as a program of French baroque and First Nations (aboriginal) dance and music.
	www.pacificbaroqueorchestra.com /destrube.htm (419 words)

	The Harvard University Choir > About the Choir > The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra
		The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) is a small chamber orchestra dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music.
		It was founded by Dr. Murray Forbes Somerville (Gund University Organist and Choirmaster, 1990–2003) and baroque violinist Robert Mealy ’85, who continues to lead the ensemble from the violin section.
		The orchestra rehearses each week in the sanctuary of Memorial Church, using the church's set of baroque bows and instruments from the Early Instrument Collection of the Music Department.
	www.uchoir.harvard.edu /orchestra.html (320 words)

	Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Behind the Scenes
		Many Baroque pieces have the same line up: a solo musician (maybe a violinist, maybe a recorder), accompanied by a "continuo" of a harpsichord, lute and cello.
		Starting in the Baroque era, there were two major types of musical pieces designed to highlight musicians in a concert setting.
		A Baroque composer's works were typically bundled up, sometimes as a hodgepodge, and sent off to the publisher, often many years after the pieces were written.
	www.seattlebaroque.org /education.htm (827 words)

	Apollo's Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
		The orchestra received a start-up grant from the Cleveland Foundation in March 1992, and made its debut in June to critical acclaim and a standing ovation.
		In North America, she has performed with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Handel and Haydn Society, the American Bach Soloists, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the Newberry Concert, the Arcadian Academy, Concert Royal, and the Boston Early Music Festival.
		He was a member of the Cleveland Baroque Soloists for sixteen years, and chaired the music department at Case Western Reserve University from 1988 to 1993.
	www.digitalphono.com /a/ApollosFire/artists.html (1086 words)

	Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri - Helsingfors Barockorkester - Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
		Founded in 1997, the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra is a fresh and youthful line-up offering audiences a chance to enjoy Early Music performed with enthusiasm and originality.
		The use of period instruments is a part of the orchestra's striving to discover new perspectives on the performance of old masterworks in a communicative way.
		The Helsinki Baroque Orchestra has recorded for Alba Records (Monteverdi, 2004) and for Naxos (Richter symphonies, to be released in 2007).
	www.hebo.fi /index_en.htm (213 words)

	NYBDC: People
		The ensemble has been at the forefront of the Baroque and Classical revival in the United States, with innovative performances of the major repertoire of the period featuring the foremost performer/scholars in the field.
		Groups she has enjoyed performing with include Concert Royal, Early Music New York, the American Classical Orchestra, the New York Collegium (all early music); Concordia, a chamber symphony, and the Riverside Symphony, where she was principal cello for 19 years; and the swing music of String Fever (all 20th century music).
		Christopher Hogwood conducts repertoire ranging from the baroque to contemporary, always with the prevailing philosophy of revealing the original sound-world of the composer.
	www.nybaroquedance.org /htmls/people-musician1.html (1380 words)

	Bach and Baroque Music CDs Catalog. 100+ titles.
		Leading baroque composers Pachelbel, Hanff, Lübeck, Buxtehude, Böhm and Bach, and the full range of baroque musical forms: preludes and fugues, chaconne, passacaglia, and variations on chorale melodies.
		BAROQUE OBOE CONCERTOS by Albinoni, Marcello, Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, A. Scarlatti.
		Tracing its evolution through the baroque period from Italy to the rest of Europe with concertos by Corelli, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Telemann, Handel and Bach.
	www.baroquecds.com /index.html (4001 words)

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