MUAR 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 99: Oratorio, Cadenza, Pablo Casals
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A a" b b" a a" b only monophonic piece + only female singers listen for french words. Melismatic, german composer who was an abbess, responsorial. France, ars nova, he wrote the earliest extant of complete setting of mass. 1: ritornello: theme and variations fast or slow, it"s typical of vivaldi, puts strings on first stage, in triple meter (3. Paola moresoli fall 2015: soprano + basso continuo (harpsichord) 2. soprano + orchestra (ground bass/basso ostinato --> violins, cellos, harpsichord, bass viols) solo vln + orchestra fauxbourdon style, cantus firmus composition, french composer who worked in italy. French composer who worked in italy, best composer of the period according to. First great english composer, the libretto is an adaptation of a. Latin epic written in the 1st cent bc (by. Virgil) only imitative polyphonic, a capella piece sounds like she"s dying (word painting due to minor scale)