MUSI 2730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Woodwind Instrument, Timpani, Oratorio
4 Oct 2017
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Chapter 25- baroque instruments and the suite. Strings made of animal gut, softer timbre. Woodwinds- variety of tone colors; all made of wood. Brass- no valves (natural: trumpet- bright sound; solo role, horn- mellow sound; hunting calls. Suite- group of short dances performed by an instrumental ensemble. Performed by solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and orchestras. Many different dance types: allemande (german, courante (french, sarabande (spanish) Jigue or gig (english: others: minuet, govatte, bourree, passepied, hornpipe. Suite is predecessor to multi-movement cycles of classical era. Water music, suite in d major- handel. Royal party of river thames in 1717. 2nd movement: alla hornpipe: quick, triple meter, a-b-a form. Opposition between two dissimilar bodies of sound: solo concerto- solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment, concerto grosso- concertino (small group) and ripieno (orchestra) Son of a violinist, born and grew up in venice. Ordai(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) the (cid:272)hur(cid:272)h; (cid:862)the red priest(cid:863) Music master at prestigious conservatory for orphaned girls.
