Baroque Music Assignment

George Frideric Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685 Thuringia, Germany. His father always wanted him to follow into the lifestyle of law, but he had a heart for music. When he was 18 he traveled to Hamburg to take a job at the Hamburg Opera as a private violinest teacher. In that same year the first two of Handel's operas were produced, Almira and Nero. In 1706 Handel traveled to Italy and ended up spending three years in Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice and got a job with Marquis Francesco Ruspoli(the prince) as a household musician where most of his most famous Italian works were composed.
The music that I've chose by George Frideric Handel is okay. I don't really prefer it because I'm not a huge fan of classical music, but I do think it's interesting.

Comparing and Contrasting Hildegard of Bingen and Michael Praetorius

Hildegard of Bingen was a women of christian mystic. Two "nicknames" people would also call her were Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine. She was born in 1098 and died in 1179. She wrote theological, botanical and medicinal texts, also wrote letters, liturgical songs, poems, and the first surviving morality play.

Michael Praetorius was born in 1571 and died in 1621. He was German and composer, plus writer of music. Michael was the most versatile composer of his age. He developed the musical forms based on protestant hymns. His first compositions came out in 1602 or 1603.

The purpose of Michael Praetorius music was reflecting towards the care of the court of Groningen. Hildegard von Bingen reflects her music towards revealing spiritual truths.

How To Listen To Music

I thought Ms. Glennie's talk on listening was very interesting and I really enjoyed it. It amazes me that someone fully deaf like her can still be so talented and the best at what she does. I respect her a lot for not giving up because of her disability because I'm sure at times it was really hard to keep going and got frustrating, but obviously she never gave up.

It's cool how she plays the music by having to take off her shoes to feel the vibration. My dad is actually deaf, but his deafness is not all the way gone so him and Ms. Glennie are a lot different and he isn't a musician. She is an awesome musician and I liked getting to hear what she had to say.