Music 1711F/G Lecture Notes - Figured Bass, Minuet, Program Music
25 Mar 2013
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Mar 22 the new practice: music in the baroque era a stylistic overview. Major compositional technique influencing from the early baroque era til now. Basso continuo paradigm shift in music. Must differentiate b/w prima and seconda prattica. Use of eight church modes how tones and semitones are distributed over an octave. Going from this method to either being in major or minor tonality from this, we manipulate the music. Controversy monteverdi doesn"t want modal language go. Handel (early 18th century) - a good composer should know the modes, but he doesn"t see what use they have in today"s music. - major/minor by. Going to the idea of chords functions of chords. Until now: harmony is a result of good counterpoint not thinking in chords and what function they serve. Renaissance beat is regulated, and the harmony is on top. Rhythmic freedom no barlines sense of tactus - pulse rather than text- declamation-driven freedom of the renaissance.
