MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bergerette, Antoine Busnois, Giacomo Puccini

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Music-Language
• Course: MUL 2010
• Professor: Joshua Neumann

Document Summary

Hollywood has big influence on love in america. Unrequited love- one-sided, source of pain troubadors/trouveres: french poet-musicians secular songs about romantic love interesting at time where marriage was seen for property rights. French chansons formes fixe ( fixed forms ) dealt with unrequited love secret messages in many pieces ( je ne puis vivre ainsy toujoure ) first letters of each line spell jaquelin d"aquevjle form: bergerette (abbaa) imitation by voices. Franz schubert prolific, early romantic composer over 600 lieder (songs) ( gretchen am spinnrade ) text from faust (goethe) spinning piano figure (like wheel) first stanza= refrain, journey through different keys. His kiss : the spinning pauses, held note, refrain begins. Cio-cio san weds american soldier: he moves on, she does not ( un bel di vedremo )- sings of husband"s return. Hank williams- country pioneer of music love gone wrong ( your cheatin" heart ) I"m not coming home anymore , mind your own business .