MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Trio Sonata, Ostinato, Hocket
15 Aug 2016
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Earliest opera private
Castrati all true
Tried to move audience by imitative emotions
Baroque spent money on organs lavish
Opera result of small group of philosophers
Revive greek tradition
Opera best described
Drama beginning to end
Baroque, accompaniment called basso continu
Opera, new homophonic set balance bt text and music
Type opera singing/speaking: recitative
Music texture Orpheus : soloist =homophony
Corus= polyphony
Montevierdi =mixture
Didn’t write symphony
Career bridged renaissance and baroque
Spent last 3 decades of life working in venice
Gabriellei combined elements old new
Monteveierdi rival
Worked in venice
Suppressed political reasons bc relations with king
Self contained units: numbers
Audiences could be noisy in part to didn’t know music and social gathering
French overture: form is slow begin, fast imitative section after
Not true of Purcell : didn’t travel to Italy to compose opera
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Foreing lang opera shouldn’t be in English bc its too hard to translate
Modern opea translate: subtitles to understand whats happening
What music character does Purcell use to characterize shaking: dotted rhythm
“ “ characterize dino saro : ground bass
More lyrical #s convey deeper : aria
Dino converse in vocal style speak/sing: restitive
Ground bass and ostinato
Which of these import 17th cent important: john Baptist opera ( accidentally killed himself why
conducting)
Handell wrote opera arias that used : da capo ( from the head)
Pygne lived in D congo
Moved loacations
Political snd social org distributed equally
Marriage song uses all of the above
Form of polyphony using 2 or more interlocking is called Hocket
Pygmy call response over and over to create ground bass ( ostinato)
Author from 50’s compares pygmes use of ostinato to do-op music
Barabara Strotzi
A section is a refrain
Which instruments show refrain echo soprano line: violin
Trio sonata: 2 sopranos and 1 basso contanu
Chamber music: private gatherings
A section is dif from b section: all
How many vol music: 8
Individ works 125
Bar strozi anticipated: criticism against gender
Topic of satire against BS: chastity
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Document Summary
Opera, new homophonic set balance bt text and music. Spent last 3 decades of life working in venice. Audiences could be noisy in part to didn"t know music and social gathering. French overture: form is slow begin, fast imitative section after. Not true of purcell : didn"t travel to italy to compose opera. Foreing lang opera shouldn"t be in english bc its too hard to translate. Modern opea translate: subtitles to understand whats happening. What music character does purcell use to characterize shaking: dotted rhythm. Characterize dino saro : ground bass. Which of these import 17th cent important: john baptist opera ( accidentally killed himself why conducting) Handell wrote opera arias that used : da capo ( from the head) Form of polyphony using 2 or more interlocking is called hocket. Pygmy call response over and over to create ground bass ( ostinato) Author from 50"s compares pygmes use of ostinato to do-op music.
