GSFS 250 Lecture 3: MUAR211 The Birth of Opera September 13

• School: McGill University
• Department: Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
• Course: GSFS 250
• Professor: Marc Ducusin

Document Summary

Monophonic (monody: single melody/part without harmonies, can have multiple voices singing, but they are singing the same line, does not clearly establish meter, rhythmically plain. Polyphony: music with two or more parts, each part ha sits own distinct melody, polyphonic music begins developing outside the church. Baroque era: 1600-1750: baroque is portuguese for misshapen , absolute monarchy, e. g. King louis xiv, france; king james i, england; hapsburg empire, etc: colonization, philosophical, europeans venturing to foreign lands, e. g. Luis xiv: meter and rhythm also systematized through baroque, e. g. bar lines used to demarcate meter. Serenissima repubblica di venezia: most serene republic of venice: unique among european cities, geography: northeastern italy on the adriatic sea with access to mediterranean, the. The coronation of poppea: proloque and three acts: standard opera format, plot: adultery, conspiracy, and, emperor nero, poppea, emperor nero"s beautiful mistress, ottavia, emperor nero"s wife, ottonne, poppe"s rejected lover, seneca, emperor nero"s council.