BU111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Musical Notation, Word Painting, Strophic Form
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Covered up to chapter 4 up to this point. Were so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)e referred to as the dark ages, lots of lu(cid:454)uries did(cid:374)(cid:859)t exist. At this time music was more about vocals then beats and they emphasized the way they expressed words. Leap jumping over one note on an octave (lots called disjunct) Stepwise going to the adjacent (lots called conjuct) Notation uu - - - -- u - u -- Beats were divided into 3 not 2. Strophic form sa(cid:373)e (cid:373)usi(cid:272) for e(cid:448)er(cid:455) sta(cid:374)za/strophe (cid:894)a a (cid:271)(cid:859) sta(cid:374)zas(cid:895) Thought there was something glorious about music in the past and wanted to revive it. Music moved from religious importance to soul importance to express feelings and sound beautiful. Madrigalism: (word painting) part of the song when several voices sang often without accompaniment of instrumentals. Kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, and agnus dei. The mass was a test of artistic skill. A point of imitation, see slide listen to example.
