MUSI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jan Miense Molenaer, Marchetto Cara, Figured Bass
Music and culture 10/24/18
Baroque: new expression
• Virtuoso instrument makers (violin: Amati, Stradivari,Guarner)
• Virtuoso musician (Vivaldi, Bach)
• Jeremiah Clarke Trumpet Voluntary
• Castrato Singers mastered wide vocal range
• Marchetto cara: Frottola lo Non Compro piu Speranza
• Women musicians
• Singers (with rise of opera), instrumentalists composers
• Elizabeth- Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
• 1666 composed at court of Louis XIV
Jan Miense Molenaer
• Portrait of the Painter’s Family (1635)
• Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 BWV 846 from well-tempered Clavier Book 1
Baroque Music
• Major-minor tonality (no more modes)
• Basso continuo
• Polyphony
• Monody: vocal song with accompaniment (opera)
• Improrisation
• Ornamentation (slide, trill, grace not)
• Expressiveness
• Doctrine of Affections
Georg Frideric Handel
• B. 1685 in Halle
• Wrote Joy to the World
• Studied law at university in Halle, switched to music
• Organist at Protestant Cathedral
• Violinist in Hamburg Opera House
• Traveled to Italy, met Medici family
Handel
• Orchestral suites
• Italian operas (produced them in Florence and Venice)
• English oratorios
• ‘Glory to God in the Highest’ from the Messiah
• ‘Hallelujah’ chorus from the Messiah
Document Summary
Jan miense molenaer: portrait of the painter"s family (1635, bach: prelude and fugue no. 1 bwv 846 from well-tempered clavier book 1. Baroque music: major-minor tonality (no more modes, basso continuo, polyphony, monody: vocal song with accompaniment (opera, ornamentation (slide, trill, grace not, expressiveness, doctrine of affections. 1685 in halle: wrote joy to the world, studied law at university in halle, switched to music, organist at protestant cathedral, violinist in hamburg opera house, traveled to italy, met medici family. Italian operas (produced them in florence and venice: orchestral suites, english oratorios. Glory to god in the highest" from the messiah. Arrival of the queen of sheba" from solomon: 4 anthems for coronation of george ii, zadok the priest played at every british coronation. Handel: orchestral suites: 1717 water music, performed for king george i by 50 musicians on a barge alla hornpipe, 1749 music for the royal fireworks bource iii. Antonio vivaldi: venetian priest, composer, virtuoso violinist, caricature p. l.
