HUMS 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marco Da Gagliano, Florentine Camerata, Concerto Grosso
7 Sep 2018
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Camerata: an attempt to recreate the style of ancient greek drama, prefigured by florentine intermedii, marco da gagliano on the origins of opera: w/t 46, 18th c. opera audiences: noise, card games, food (oranges), intrigue social stratification. Its style is more faithful to the original concept of stile rappresentativo than the aria or recitative: male and female singers were common by late 17th c. opera: Castrati become very popular-principally in italy in 18th c: found as early as the 16th c. eg, sistine chapel in 1588; st. Peter"s, rome: small roles in early opera; by c. 1680 most italian opera in the papal states had castrato male leads, orfeo, the first important opera in the history of western music by claudio. Jean-joseph mouret"s suite de symphonies (1729): showcases the orchestra and trumpet as a solo colour: pachelbel"s canon, composed in 1680s, repeating bass line and chord formula in the basso continuo (ballo del.
