MUS111H1 Lecture Notes - Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium, Brandenburg Concertos, Missa Pange Lingua
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Text is the object of study: the words or notes on the page, the translation of those symbols into sound but removed from everything else, including its cultural environment. Con : everything that goes with it, relates to it, causes it, it is affected by it economics, politics, religion, changing social roles of musicians, technological developments, music in popular culture, etc. Ex: the rocky horror picture show: watching the same text but in different contexts: in a theatre or at home. Ex: chamber music performance of a string quartet live performance versus recording live performances are different every time, different representations. Ex: praetorius, in dulci jubilo, for 5 choirs (1619: we lose sonic elements in recordings, the enjoyment in contextual performance. 3 in eb eroica (1803: dedicated originally to napoleon, 1st movement is 15 minutes long, has at least 5 themes, bigger, better took expectations of form and changed it.
