MUTH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Melisma, Bassoon, Fortepiano
12 Mar 2016
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Section: recitative for poppea and nero, aria for poppea. Premier: venice"s public opera house in 3 acts. Source of story: roman history, serious and comic elements, italian. Aria: poppea"s doubt grows into confidence (minor to major) Well-tempered clavier: tuning system for keyboard to play in every key, equal temperament. Premier: english court for king james ii and boarding school. Italian features (not as virtuosic, ground bass lament) Ground bass: repetitive bass line, played by basso continuo. Sadness: minor mode, slow tempo, sobbing vocal lines, descending chromatic bass line. Tragedie lyrique: french opera, contained ballet, focuses on the story with no embellishments. Baroque dance music in the time of louis xiv. Ab binary form: a is 8 bars, b is 16 bars, Modulates to other keys in the middle, dissonance resolve to consonance and in anticipation for final cadence sections are similar and not contrasting. Sections separated by clear cadence, dances were always in binary form.
