MUS 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gesamtkunstwerk, Amusic, Lynne Dawson
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Great musicians class notes, day 9 (baroque 3) fall 2008. Orchestal suite (sometimes called dance suite or baroque dance suite: multi-movement instrumental work for orchestra alone (in baroque also w/ continuo group, the number of movements was not very standardized during the baroque period. Some examples of the genre have as many as nine (for instance, handel"s suite no. 2 in d major, popularly known as part of the water music): the individual movements are often evocative of dance types and have dance- related names (minuet, bourr e, gigue, etc. ), although there are also other types of names as well: orchestral suites or dance suites were not actually intended for dancing but for listening enjoyment. They do, however, highlight the general importance of dance during the period. They also commonly performed women"s roles: the rock stars of their day, the most successful castrati enjoyed great popularity and financial reward.
