MUS-0001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ballet Royal De La Nuit, Palace Of Versailles, Ostinato

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Written in the late 17th century in england. One of the first operas with english text. Short opera, performed by girls in a boarding school. Plot adapted from greco-roman mythology: after the fall of troy, trojan prince aeneas travels by sea to italy to establish. Meets widowed queen dido and they fall in love. Eventually he must leave and she tragically prepares to kill herself: (cid:862)whe(cid:374) i a(cid:373) laid(cid:863) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) dido and aeneas. Aria accompanied by the full orchestra (basso continuo plus violin) Based on a ground bass: bass (lowest) melody repeated over and over agai(cid:374) (cid:894)like i(cid:374) pa(cid:272)hel(cid:271)el"s (cid:272)a(cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:895) (cid:862)whe(cid:374) i a(cid:373) laid i(cid:374) ea(cid:396)th (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:373)(cid:455) w(cid:396)o(cid:374)gs create no trouble in thy breast. Late baroque!: more on the baroque period trends, functional harmony. Baroque period trends: last class: baroque emphasis on theatricality, emotions, expression as seen in opera and art (statues of david, ba(cid:396)o(cid:395)ue as (cid:862)age of (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863)

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