A paper which compares baroque music to the rock music of the 1970s.
The paper traces the history of baroque music which reached its peak in the 1700s with musicians such as Vivaldi and Bach. It then compares this music to the development of the rock music of the 1970s, identifying the audience and the culture of both periods. The paper shows the similarity between the two time periods – in each of the two, music has been an instrument to cultural change. They were important to the audience because they could socially represent themselves or expressed their emotions through them.
“Comparatively, in the modern era, the status of music has a different status quo. If one recall the period of the 1970s, the population of America especially experienced a period of “grotesqueness” as well. The culture of American population changed from discriminatory to one of extreme liberty. Different kind of music was experienced right from rock music to reggae. The resulting is an amalgamation of different cultural tunes. One could attribute the change of attitudes of the people towards music to the cultural trends prevailing at the time.”