MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Brandenburg Concertos, Pedal Point, Ripieno
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Toccata only for keyboard instruments, 4 suites and 6 concerto grossi, free improvisational style, spontaneous with structure, quick mood changes, aspects of fuguel writing, arpeggios. Cadenza an improvised solo in a concerto. Pedal point long held note usually in the bass while over it the harmonies change. Movement based on one key and a single theme. Instrumental music : program music that tells a story, paints a picture, or sets a mood, absolute music for its own sake. Concerto grosso dialogue between an orchestra and a group of instruments. Terraced dynamics built into the form different levels of dynamics. Bmv 1047 number given by musicologists: allegro. Bach master of polyphony: f. handel (1685-1759) Wrote music for queen anne of england. Wrote the water music suite for king george of hanover (england) Went broke because of the expenses of opera so wrote oratorios. Tenor aria: ev"ry valley shall be exalted . Recitative (speech that is sung): comfort ye.
