Question

PLZ HELP 20 POINTS HURRY PLZ What advantages and disadvantages did Baroque composers have in the patronage system? What did they gain from this practice? What limitations did it place on them?

Answer 1

The Baroque Period was an era started in 1600 to 1750 in this era art and music was dramatized with emotion. In the Baroque period, composers employed by the wealthy class. This system of employment was called the patronage system. A wealthy patron would spend on the composer for a piece of music and decide as well what to write (compose). The wealthy families from Europe became a patron of music, which allowing composers to focus on their work without being worried about money.

One of the disadvantages of this employment system was that music composers work as servants to wealthy patrons by writing and performing pieces.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and George Frideric Handel were some of the famous baroque composers supported by patron, which helped them getting fame and gain audiences in public.

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Answer 2

pros: They created availability among choices of what they've made

getting popular

patronage system involved awarding jobs according to party affiliation or political authority.

cons:

Giving rewards based on party and not on merit was inefficient as most of the public servants would be replaced with each new administration.

Having a lot of limitations too the choices

they've gained reflect a particular emotion or feeling

Composers were increasingly free to explore their own imaginations. However, they had change some things to please the public. Aristocrats were musical connoisseurs who enjoyed more complex music while the middle-class had little musical training and enjoyed simpler music.