VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cardinal Mazarin, Kapellmeister, Fugue
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Lully and the court of louis xiv: louis xiv (the sun king; 1638-1715) Learned from cardinal mazarin and the events of his childhood the importance of centralizing state control. Cardinal mazarin was italian and the people (cid:449)e(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t happy (cid:449)ith an italian person running france. Ope(cid:396)a fi(cid:396)st i(cid:374)t(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ed to f(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e th(cid:396)ough ca(cid:396)di(cid:374)al maza(cid:396)i(cid:374)"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)issio(cid:374)s of italia(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pose(cid:396)s did(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eally (cid:272)at(cid:272)h o(cid:374) (cid:894)luigi rossi a(cid:374)d f(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:272)o. To inforce his political ideas: jean-baptiste lully (1632-1687) Made the garcon de chamber of mademoiselle de montpensier, an important courtier. She was a frondistes and got exiled. In 1661, when louis xiv was made absolute ruler of france, lully was made the most important court composer. Was able to create a musical style for opera which appealed to louis xiv and the french. Tragedie en musique: fo(cid:396)(cid:373)s i(cid:374) lully"s t(cid:396)agedie ly(cid:396)i(cid:395)ue (cid:894)ope(cid:396)a(cid:895) French overture a two part form with each part repeated. The first part is slower processional featuring the heavy use of double dotting.
