Baroque vs Classical
Music form the period of approximately 1600-1750 is usually referred to as “baroque.” This was a time when the doctrine of the “divine right of kings” ensured the absolute rule of “God-chosen” monarchs. During this time, Louis XIV became the most powerful and praised monarch in all of European history. Discoveries in science stimulated both technology and philosophy. People began to think about ordinary matters in a new way, affected by the newly acquired habits of scientific experimentation and proof. The mental climate stimulated by science significantly affected the art and the music we call Baroque. Science is at work in even the most flamboyant and dazzling of Baroque artistic efforts. There was a dual influence of extravagance and scientism, of the splendid and the schematic, that is found in Baroque art and music. Bach and Handel were both of the Baroque period.
In the second part of the eighteenth century, the classical style......
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