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The Evolution of Song
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The Evolution of Song
Part 3: The Baroque
Listening 2
Sonata da chiesa Op. 3 No. 2 - Corelli
Let's Listen!
Monteverdi, "L'Orfeo": Act 1 Prologue
- Continuo (figured bass)
- Ornamentation (do you see it in the score?)
- Improvisation
- Orchestra with a conductor!
- Soloist is the main focus
- Singer portraying Music (as a character) which "charms mortal ears." Here to tell of Orpheus.
Quick Intro to the Baroque Period
Musically?
Listening 3
Prelude No. 1 in C Major, WTC - J.S. Bach
- Harpsichord! (Piano and clavichord not invented yet) with continuo
- Does this sound like C Major? (Anyone with perfect pitch?)
- Beginnings of opera - Monteverdi
- Including castrati
- Rise of the soloist
- Basso continuo (harpsichord and cello)
- "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
- Concertos, Sonatas, Fugues, Suites, Chorales, Cantatas... Oh my!
- Ornamentation
- Masterworks
- Handel's Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio
In Summary:
- Ornamentation
- Invention of new genres
- Rise of the soloist
Review
Ha! Not quite.
Let's talk Baroque aesthetics
BUT WAIT!
Did you know...
- Gregorian
- Pope Gregory
- Single-line melody
- Medieval
- More genres and textures
- Sacred/secular
- Renaissance
- More complex (imitative, counterpoint)
- Amateur music-making
- Music = Affect
- Different keys will evoke different moods
- Power of music (esp. Orpheus and other Greek myths) to tame the wild
- Ornate art and architecture
- French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully died from stabbing himself in the foot
- Bach had 20 children (10 survived into adulthood)
- He also walked 400km. to hear Buxtehude play the organ
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