MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Guillaume Du Fay, Jacques Arcadelt, Thomas Campion
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Born near rome italy, worked in rome, worked for the church, best renaissance polyphony has to offer, interweaving of vocal parts, played in counter reformation role. Conservative, artificial and theatrical music, more flashy. Il bianco e dolce cigno by jacques arcadelt. John farmer 1770-1605 fair phyllis telman susato (c 1510/15- after 1570) instruments of the renaissance. Thomas campion- silly, sexy, humor in so quick so hot so mad. Thomas jure- tobacco, new world explanation introduced to tobacco, seen as good because it makes you skinny. Begins with the invention of opera in 1599, ends with bach"s death. Doctrine of affections theory of musical aesthetics in the baroque era that embraced the idea that music is capable of arousing specific emotions within the listener. Vapors or spirits flow through body and change mood, stays in one idea for a while, complete stop, then new mood, not jolting from one to the other.
