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'Baroque' refers to certain ornate architectural styles of the 1500's through to the 1700's.
The changing styles have been broadly classified as Early Baroque, High Baroque, Late Baroque.
Baroque architecture is very extravagant. It has numerous decorative features that go well beyond simple enhancement.
Certain architectural terms, though not necessarily exclusive to the Baroque period, are often used when describing various aspects of Baroque features. For example:-
- frescoes
- puttos
- façade
- stucco
- trompe l'oeil
- Churrigueresque spatial decoration
- ubiquitous rustication
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What is answer in musical terms?
'Answer' is a term regarding Baroque music. In a fugue the subject is first stated alone. Then the repetition of the subject is known as the answer.
What are the different musical styles that a flute is excessively used in?
In terms of solos, Its most used in baroque music,Prominently so by Purcell, Telemann and Rosenmuller. Im sure its used in more modern and more ancient genres, but the baroque was its peak
When was the basso continuo common?
In the Baroque era (1600–1750)
Where did the baroque era start and why?
the baroque stared in 1650 and ended in 1750 when js bach died
Baroque Romantic Classical what was first?
it was first baroque, then classical, then romantic.
