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Baroque Period The Baroque period, spanning from 1580- 1750, was a time in which many styles were formulated. Influenced by changes in religious thinking and shifts in political attitudes, the baroque music is rich in contrasts and contradictions, and the artistic ideals to which one composer aspired would not necessarily be the same as another's ideals. However, there all were constant values shared by creative minds, and central to the thinking of a Baroque artist, whether it was a painter, sculptor or musician, was a declared intent to move the passions. The belief was that music represented the emotions, or affections, of life, and hence should excite the listener's emotions. This aim spread beyond Italy, the 'fountainhead of Baroque art in all its forms', to become one of the 'distinguishing features of artistic endeavor'1 throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. During the renaissance, composers wrote polyphonically, that is, in equal independent...

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