CLASS: Nov 12, 2018--MISSING LECTURE Flashcards
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Describe trends in instrumental music in the seventeenth century
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Specifically define the early Sonata
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Specifically define the early Sonata
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• Compare/contrast the vocal genres of the early 17th century: musical tale, opera, oratorio, cantata, and sacred concerto.
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• Which composers/cities do we affiliate with each 17th-c vocal genre (musical tale, opera, oratorio, sacred concerto, Italian cantata)?
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Early 17th-c Instrumental Genres
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Early 17th-c Instrumental Genres
- Truly instrumental genres
- Score notation (partitura) or a pair of
- staves
- Genres
- Dances: corrente, balletto
- Ground Bass: Passacaglia, ciaccona
- Variations
- Improvisation
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Girolamo Frescobaldi (1598-1688)
- • Toccata (tocar = to play)
- Virtuosic
- Free and open in form
- Discontinuity
- Example: Frescobaldi, Toccata No. 3
- Sectional: Unfolds in brief phrases
- Recitative-like sounding moments (jagged lines, nervous rhythms)
- Contrasting moods
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Early 17th c: The Debut of the Sonata
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Early 17th c: The Debut of the Sonata
- Inventive Genre: no restraints
- Free form
- Can be any number of movements
- Can include dance movements or abstract movements
- Can be for instrumental ensemble or solo instrument
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The Debut of the Sonata
- Example: Biagio Marini, Sonata IV per il violino per sonare con due corde
- Sectional, each with a different “mood”
- Idiomatic for violin (figuration)
- Monodic texture resonates with contemporary vocal style
