MUSI 1107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Da Capo Aria, Le Nuove Musiche, Faustina Bordoni
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Mexico, central america and southwestern north america. Bach: composer and worked for the church. Use of music: written for immediate and specific uses. Internationalization: more interchange of music between cultures in europe. Exoticism: began to creep in due to exploration. The music being written was set in exotic places, but performed in europe still. Applied to short films and dramas led to opera. Figured bass: shorthand notation for harmony that is marked by a number. Basso continuo: accompaniment by two instruments, one is bass and the other. Major mode is aeonian and minor is (look at notes later) Tuning system that allows instruments to play in all of the keys. All of the notes are spaced 2 notes apart. Vocal melodies: incorporated wider leaps between notes. Tiered dynamics: loud or soft, nothing gradual. When an entire piece/movement was based on a single emotion. Instruments were improved therefore musicians could do more things on them.
