which use the ground bass technique. The ground bass technique is a bass line‚ which repeats itself over and over‚ while the other parts change over the top. Another example of a piece that uses the ground bass method is Pachabel’s Canon and Claudio Monteverdi‚ Zefiro torna. The first video I watch of Emma Kirkby singing the aria with baroque instruments was very depressing. Even if she was singing in a other language other then English‚ I still understood she was very upset. She portrays plenty of
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CULTURE/PERIOD PHILOSOPHY ACTIVITIES/PRACTICES MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PROPONENTS/COMPOSERS Medieval Ages Music Timeline (500-1400) Believed that music should make a listener receptive to spiritual thoughts and reflections They allowed music in Christian churches in the form of medieval music that involves chanting Their characteristic of music as based on plainchant improvising with parallel melodies Medieval singers continued experimenting with melodies and polyphony became more elaborate
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Social Context of 16th-century Italian Madrigals In the 16th-century‚ Italy influenced the Renaissance music throughout Western Europe. The most influential musical genre was the Italian madrigal‚ and “about 1‚200 madrigal volumes. . . were printed between 1520 and 1630”.1 of the madrigal‚ but the genre contains elements of the frottola‚ ballata‚ chanson‚ and Musicologists debate about the exact origins Madrigals were mostly secular songs that were primarily intended to be
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only performed in Aristocrat’s courts but later on became publicized. I will investigate how this came about and how it affected society at the time. I will refer to soma few score examples as well as performances by composers such as Claudio Monteverdi‚ Alessandro Scarlatti and Vivaldi‚ as an opera was also a play to be seen and not just heard‚ so that comparison of early and later operas of the Baroque era would be possible. Annotated Bibliography Asiado‚ Tel. “Opera Beginnings from Ancient
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Baroque period from 1600-1750. The Baroque period was broken up into two periods called the Early Baroque period from 1600-1710 and the Late Baroque period from 1710-1750. During the Early Baroque period music from composers such as Vivaldi and Monteverdi emerged and became popular. Music became more light and airy.
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Major‚ First movement Allegro (1885-1750). This piece is similar in some respects to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major‚ first movement (1756-1791) from the classical era. The baroque period was highlighted by famous composers such as Bach‚ Monteverdi‚ Purcell‚ Vivaldi‚ and Handel. Each of these composers were famous in their own right but Bach and Handel are often some of the most recognized names in Musical history. Most of the time
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The seventeenth century was a time of great change in musical style‚ particularly in opera‚ which was becoming much more popular and was beginning to be focused on a lot more. Opera was spreading out from Italy and into other countries in Europe‚ although Venice remained the centre of activity. In October 1697‚ a Venetian opera newsletter stated that “Truly today operas have become so common in every part of Italy‚ that not only in its famous cities‚ but even in various towns and villages they are
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language‚ specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford‚ he also wrote a number of stories‚ including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955). The name “Tolkien” (pron.: Tol-keen; equal stress on both syllables) is believed to be of German origin; Toll-kühn: foolishly brave‚ or stupidly clever - hence the pseudonym “Oxymore” which
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Raymond Yan IB Music Sl 11/29/13 Period 4A Classical vs Baroque Era 1. Baroque Period- Musical texture during the Baroque period was also polyphonic and/or homophonic. Composers used melodic patterns to evoke certain moods. The use of text depiction continued. Rhythmic and melodic patterns are repeated throughout the composition. With the addition of instruments and the development of certain musical techniques such as basso continuo‚ music during the Baroque period became more intriguing
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was introduced. Throughout the seventeenth century there were many developments in Italian opera due to Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)‚ who wrote his first opera in 1607 (La Favola d’Orfeo) which to this day‚ is still performed. He introduced ideas such as the bel canto and buffa styles. Having a strong connection between the instrumental music and words was of major importance to Monteverdi‚ and this became a major theme for other opera composers to follow. The Romantic operas started to appear in
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