Music 2710F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ars Antiqua, Ars Nova, Program Music
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Listening for/to style: transition from renaissance to baroque, comparative chart on p204. Stylistic changes outlined in textbook: emergence of the basso continuo, for monodic reasons, being able to predict harmony, functional harmony, basso continuo line is mostly a baroque piece, coexistence of old and new styles, ex. Ars nova vs. ars antiqua: from modal to tonal, writing modes was the norm from late renaissance - early 1700s, mid-late 1700s, starts to become tonal, handel admits that composers should know the modes. Intervallic to chordal harmony: horizontal feeling of the intervals. Instrumental style: baroque composer could write for whatever instrument they wanted. Instruments became the figure head of what it is to be a musician (baroque era: absolute music vs. Program music: program music: music that tells a story, music about non-music, absolute music: music for the sake of music, music about music, mainly about the characteristics of music. In the renaissance, music is about love or god: unified timbres vs.
