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They are not easy to sing or play. Baroque melodies give and impression of dynamic expansion rather than balance and symmetry. ... Late baroque music are often and predominantly polyphonic in texture : two more melodic lines compete for the listener’s attention. Usually the soprano and the bass line is more important...
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Elaborate and ornamental melodies: Baroque means ornamented--it fills the space given. There is a sense of continous unfolding or expanding, and Baroque melodies are often difficult to sing.
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The art and architecture of the Baroque period reflects an often bizarre style characterized by ornamental decorations. Especially noted in churches, palaces and other buildings of the period is the profusion of ... The music of the period reflects the decorative art in the use of ornamentation to embroider melodies.
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-Baroque melodies often are elaborated and ornamental. They give the impression of dynamic expansion. ... -A characteristic often found in baroque melodies is a short opening phrase followed by a longer phrase with an unbroken flow of rapid notes.
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The intimacy is present, but the intensity is often missing, undercut by the deliberately scaled down nature of von Otter's delivery. But her sense of phrasing and general affect is spot on, as is her English diction. ... Classical Album: Music for a While: Baroque Melodies...
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Baroque melodies often begin with a distinctive motivic idea and then develop it for an extended time in a process of continuous variation called "spinning out." Melodies of this type can be quite ornate, and performers were often expected to decorate them still further with ornaments of their own invention.
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hickeys music online catalog ... For trumpet in Bb. Baroque concerto in four contrasting movements which stay primarily in the mid to upper register throughout (up to high E). Enjoyable variety of baroque melodies, often ornamented. Item: 50764...
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Bach arrived at the small Court of Anhalt-Cöthen to hold the position of Capellmeister, the highest rank given to a musician during the baroque age. ... Anna Magdalena was very kind to Bach's children, a good housekeeper, and she took a lively interest in his work, often helping him by neatly copying out his manuscripts.
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