[Pt.V- Proj.2] ~ Exercise – Understanding Baroque forms

Exercise – Understanding Baroque forms

Find and make notes on definitions for the terms listed below. Now pick five or six of these – preferably forms that you’re unfamiliar with at the moment – to research in more depth. For each one, name and listen to at least one example by a composer from the era and find out more about the circumstances of the work’s composition.

Suite Partita Variations Fugue Cantata

Concerto
Sonata – da camera and chiesa Oratorio
Mass
Chaconne

Concerto grosso Canzona Passion
Motet Passacaglia

Note down your personal response to the music in your listening log.