MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ritornello, Trombone, Harpsichord
7 Mar 2018
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Late renaissance italian composers = began to designate dynamics [loudness] / various expressive. Markings / instrumentation to much greater degree than before. So lot of improvisation & ornamentation simply taken for in notation of baroque music. Granted because such practices were well known to performers of era so not notated. *more precise notation of instruments: dynamics= relative loudness/softness of music b) tempo= refers to relative speed of beat in music, dynamics, dynamics= relative loudness/softness of music many terms all in italian that appear immediately. [some ff & fff but not in baroque: tempo, tempo= refers to relative. Many terms in all languages that indicate tempo & in italian but used. Universally in all western music regardless of nationality of composer. * because italian composers [particularly of early opera] were 1st to use them. Ornamentation = practice of spontaneously adding/improvising short decorative notes/flourishes to. Written music during performance both vocal & instrumental.
