MUSC 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Art Song, Melisma, Aesthetics
Document Summary
Aesthetic experience = emotional and sometimes physiological response elicited by an artistic work. Timbre= the characteristic quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or musical instrument from another tone color . Form= way in which segments are structured in a unified whole; a blueprint for the structure of the piece. Melody= a sequence of single tones, usually unified in a system such as a key or mode; the tune of a work. Rhythm= the time oriented organization of silence and sound. Music and culture have a symbiotic relationship: music reflects and shapes culture; culture reflects and shapes music. Art song= song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text. Art song typically featured one singer with a piano accompaniment in a duet-like setting in which the piano was no longer limited to strict accompaniment.
