vocal music of the early baroque & invention of opera

Question 1

baroque music

Answer 1

era of 16oo and 1750
>it means: abnormal, bazzre,
> Then in the 19th century, it became the expressive and theatrical
> new respect for senses and feelings,

Question 2

significant facts about 17th century

Answer 2

> john kepler law and galileo dorp scientific bombs yo

> capitalism: britain and netherlands and italy prospered, made hella money

> British, dutch, french established colonies in north america

Question 3

Monteverdi

Answer 3

Fifth book of madrigals in 1605,

> The composer distinguished between a first and second practice

> Distinct musical languages appropriate to musics differing functions.

Orfeo - recitative

Question 4

italian musicians

Answer 4

devisesd new idioms: basso, continuo, reciative

new genres: opera

new styles: unprepared dissonances and focus on the solo voice or instrument supported by a bass

Question 5

rome

Answer 5

continued to influence sacred music and became the center of opera for a time

Question 6

characteristics of broque music

Answer 6

composers united by a common goal:
express or represent a wide range of feelings vividly and vigorously

excite affection rather express personal feelings

one musical tool for expressive was dissonance (there were established rules that were part of the first practice)

Question 7

artusi-montverdi controvesy

Answer 7

artusi criticized monteverdi for granting dissonances and contrapuntal liberties in this and other madrigals later published in the fifth book.

Question 8

rhythm and texture

Answer 8

> either very free or very metric
bar lines indicating a pattern of strong and weak beats

> new texture is homophonic with firm bass and florid treble held together by unobtrusive harmonies

rather than renaissance polyphony of independent voices

Question 9

Bass continuo

Answer 9

system of notation,

composers only wrote the bass and the melody, leaving it to the composers to fill in the chords or inner parts.

the bass and chords were played on one or more continuo instruments

composers indicating precise pitches by using sharps and flats

Question 10

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)

Answer 10

first collection of solo songs with bass continuo

two distinctive formal types used by the poets:
madrigal and air (describe them)

Question 11

airias and madrigals

Answer 11

Arias:
caccini called those with strophic settings (many stanzas sung to the same melody)

madrigals:
through-composed like the polyphonic mdarigals

Question 12

Patronage

Answer 12

Musicians continue to depend on patronage from courts, churches, and cities


Question 13

Chrimaticism

Answer 13

Expressed intense emotions in vocal work and

harmonic exploration in instrumental music

Question 14

Concertos

Answer 14

Bringing contrasting forces together,
Voice and instruments

Question 15

Early operas

Answer 15

Giloramo mei: reaearch on greek music and its role in the theater

Jacopo corsi academy: his group set out to re-create ancient genre in modern form

LEURIDICE; elaborated the well-known myth of Órfãos an ear Eunice
(recitatice style of singing for dialoque

Question 16

Recitative

Answer 16

Style of delivery much used in operas, oratorios and cantata‘s in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech.

Question 17

Monteverdi opera

Answer 17

Venation: poppea

Lacks the varied instrumentation on the stage effects of our fellow, because it was written for a commercial theatre