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why were there so many European composers during this period?

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they could make a good living having patrons such as wealthy kings, princes, and religious congregations in Europe

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Baroque

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  • a period in European music history
  • a term applied to anything that seems elaborate and exaggerated
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opera

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a theatrical musical genre that tells stories thru recitative, arias, instrumental music, acting, and dancing

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recitative

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melodic and rhythmic text recitation

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arias

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songs with clear melodies

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ritornellos

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repeated instrumental interludes

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theorbo

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a bass lute with an enormously long neck + 14 courses of strings capable of playing low-pitched bass pitches

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arpeggios

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leaps thru the pitches of a triad

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why do opera singers sound “strange”?

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they have cultivated a vocal technique that is loud enough to be heard without amplification in large opera houses

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castrati

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  • in the 17th century, lead male roles were sung by castrati
  • male singers castrated before puberty to prevent their voices from changing from soprano to tenor or bass
  • the sound of a castrato was associated with masculine power and heroic male roles
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monody

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a three part texture consisting of a vocal melody (or sometimes a duet) accompanied by an instrumental bass line and chords improvised by a keyboard or lute player

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basso continuo

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the combination of bass line and chords in monody

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what was the impact of Monteverdi’s fifth book of madrigals?

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  • he introduced the new style of monodic vocal composition
  • this new style established virtuosic singing in the form of fast runs, trills, and other ornaments bc the voices are not tethered to contrapuntal relations among the parts
  • new genre = aria
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what does the term “early music” refer to?

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  • European church, court, and concert music composed before 1750
  • music that some modern performers believe requires “historically informed” performances bc they are so diff from modern practice
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who composed “Violin Concerto in E Major, Spring”?

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
* lived and worked in Venice, Italy
* one of the most prolific & influential composers of the Baroque period

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concerto

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a composition that pits an orchestra against a soloist or small group of soloists

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how many movements do concertos typically have?

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3
fast tempo, slow tempo, fast tempo

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how does it work? (“Violin concerto in E Major, Spring”)

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p. 119

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sonata

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  • comes from the Latin word for “sound”
  • an instrumental composition for a soloist or small group of soloists
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what were concerts and sonatas meant for?

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for listening in concert or church settings, rather than for dancing, the amusement of amateur players, or as instrumental versions of vocal works

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interpretations of purely instrumental works (such as concertos and sonatas)

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  • that they are meant for purely musical enjoyment -> description + analysis of their musical elements
  • they carry associations and iconic musical gestures -> the moods and emotions in particular instrumental compositions can be explained in terms of their musical elements, w/o direct references to a text
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program music

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music composed to express the emotions, moods, and meanings of an unperformed verbal narrative

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who composed the oratorio “Messiah”

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George Frideric Handel

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oratorio

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a multi-movement composition that tells a biblical story in the vernacular (local) language rather than in the Latin of the Catholic liturgy
* uses conventions of opera (recitative, aria, basso continuo, choruses) but w/o acting, costumes, or scenery

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how does it work? (“Hallelujah” from “Messiah”)

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p. 123

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how does “Hallelujah” use text painting?

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  • rising pitch expresses the intensification of faith
  • trumpets and timpani create a feeling of majesty in the revelation of Christ as Lord and king
  • softness reflects the ordinariness of secular life while loudness conveys the glories of religious life
  • major key and short, punchy melodic phrases reinforce the brightness of the message
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cantata

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multi-movement genre, new style of opera

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keyboard

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a generic term for all types of instruments that employ the layout of long white keys for the 7-pitch diatonic scale and short black keys for the 5 additional chromatic pitches of European music
* modern: piano, electronic synthesizer
* Baroque: organ, harpsichord, clavichord

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prelude

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short, free-form piece often spun out from a single melodic or rhythmic idea

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fugue

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a tightly organized piece featuring imitative counterpoint

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clavier

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means keyboard in German

32
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how does it work? (prelude and fugue in c major from “the well-tempered clavier, book 1”)

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p. 128

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who composed “The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1”?

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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what were Bach’s intentions for “The Well-Tempered Clavier”?

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  • exercises for beginning students, amusement of more advanced players
  • not meant for public performance
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why was the Baroque organ so complex?

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  • hundreds, even thousands, of flute and reed pipes of diff lengths (diff pitches)
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harpsichord

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a plucked zither

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clavichord

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  • invented ab the same time as the harpsichord
  • produces a very quiet sound not suitable for concert performances -> primarily used at home for the amusement of the player
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where is Java, and what is it’s culture + history?

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  • one of the many islands of Indonesia
  • b/w the indian and pacific oceans
  • population of nearly 150m, mostly Muslim
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how old is Javanese court music?

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dates back to 17th and early 18th centuries, when powerful kinds ruled most of the island before ceding power to the Dutch East India company in 1749

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what was Java court entertainment like?

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included elaborate dances and theatrical presentations accompanied by a gamelan

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gamelan

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a large orchestra of around 40 instruments made of bronze gons or metal keys, plus drums, a bowed fiddle, xylophone, zither, flute, and sometimes vocals

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besides islam, which religions are prominent in Javanese cultures?

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Hinduism and Buddhism

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Ketawang

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Javanese; a musical form based on a rhythmic cycle of 16 beats

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Puspawarna

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  • Javanese
  • title of the gateway composition
  • means “kinds of flowers”
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Laras

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Javanese; means tuning system

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Slendro

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  • is one of two tuning systems in Javanese music
  • has 5 approx. equidistant pitches in an octave
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Patet / pathet

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Javanese melodic mode

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Manyura

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Javanese; one of three melodic modes in the slendro tuning system

49
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How does it work? (“Puspawarna”)

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p. 136

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strope

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  • when every verse is performed to the same melody -> strophe is a unit of a verse
  • form is written AAA…
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strophic form / strophic song

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when every verse in a song is performed to the same melody

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bentuk

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the Javanese word for their elaborate cyclical rhythmic structure; called “colotomic structure” in English

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texture of the gamelan in “Puspawarna”

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  1. a rhythmic, cyclical (colotomic) structure played on knobbed gongs
  2. a mid-pitched, mid-tempo melody played on metallophones
  3. high-pitched, fast-tempo elaborating parts
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besides slendro, what is the other Javanese tuning system?

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pelog
* a 7-tone heptatonic system from which five (but sometimes six or seven) main pitches are chosen
* no external standard against which to measure pitches and intervals

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what spiritual attributes do the instruments of the gamelan have?

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  • master blacksmiths infuse each instrument with a living spirit
  • musicians approaching the gamelan do not step over any instruments, which is disrespectful
56
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how do compositions like “Puspawarna” reflect Hindu/Buddhist culture?

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the cyclical rhythmic structure = icon of beliefs in the cyclical nature of life

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gong

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a metallic idiophone with a surface diameter greater than its depth

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bell

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an idiophone with a depth greater than its surface diameter

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cymbal

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an idiophone with a flat plate and no depth

60
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who composed “L’incoronazione di Poppea”?

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Claudio Monteverdi (1547-1643); the first great exponent of opera and the Baroque style

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how does it work? “L’incoronazione di Poppea”

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p. 112

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who performed the gateway piece “Ketawang Puspawarna Laras Slendro Patet Manyura”?

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women soloists and a chorus of men perform with the gamelan

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