MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oratorio, Cadenza, Word Painting

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Baroque vocal forms: aria (musical monologue, formally strict,, with lyrical melodies and accompaniment with a meter. ) Be jelous or rargeful) expressive, rather than active (these distinctions are not always 100% clear: recitative (text presented ib a declamatory, theatrical, speech-like way usually without meter. It can be a lyrical melodies or a disjunct melodiy or reputation of text) Journalism also aririing, speaking about the popular singers with diva celebrity culture, prestige of being highly regarded composer) composers treated as gods. Georg frideric handel: one of greatest masters of high baroque, prolific composer of opera, oratiorio, chamber music, ran in the same circles as bach and telemann, travelled to italy 1706-1710. Opera seria (late baroque: serious opera, often subjects are historical (classical antiquity) and mythology, high voices are heroes trend didn"t have much traction outside of italy) Castrati/castrato: boys mutilated pre=puberty to retain childlike voices (this. Soprano, tenor, and male alto (countertenor) are most often main characters.

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