ETHNOMUS 60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Liturgical Year, Cantus Firmus, Historically Informed Performance
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Why should the devil have all the best tunes? -martin luther. Felix mendelssohn arranged a performance of the passion of st. matthew in 1829, starting the. 1830-1914, ensembles get bigger and bigger, composers write for larger instrumentations (no amplification) 1980s: hip historically informed performance: scholar research and scholar performers. Hip is a projection of contemporary ideology onto the past. Bach"s letter to the town council vs. counting parts. A composition for one or more voices (vocal groups) usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment. Note: cantatas can be sacred or secular. Bach wrote about 250 that we know about, give or take a few. He only called the secular ones cantatas. Sacred works were called concertos or not named at all. Sacred cantatas were carefully coordinated to fit with the lessons and gospels of that particular church service, which in turn fit into the lutheran church year.
