VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Word Painting, Art Music, Polytonality
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Two sources: culture of ancient greece and rome. Rediscovered philosophies of plato social influences of music. Music could influence emotion, power of music to change thought: humanism (feeling of individual and collective responsibility; embracing of education; enduring human value in the arts) Shift in focus from faith and mysticism to an age of belief in reason and scientific inquiry. Personality of a person is inherent things come from the inside and go out. Change in how musicians are seen craftsman in the middle ages, creative in nature in the renaissance. Geniuses emerge rise in status musicians and performers. Not valued just for quality, but as pleasurable human quality of pleasure. Concept of the work of art becomes more acceptable. Inventions: architecture, paintings, sculptures and statues, telescope, microscope, printing press mass produce music (very expensive) Timbre the majority of surviving music is for vocal ensemble; music for instruments alone starts to appear in quantity in the 16th century.
