chapter 10 vivaldi Flashcards

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1
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the opera house

-4 components

A
  1. supertitles
  2. orchestra overture plays before curtain rises
  3. box
  4. orchestra pit
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antonio vivaldi

  • what was he
  • sunday church concerts
  • who did he write for
  • composed
A
  • violin teacher, composer, conductor for a music school/orphanage for girls in venice
  • girls performed behind an iron screen
  • wrote for Venetian opera houses
  • the four seasons
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the four seasons

-definition

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-4 solo concertos; a set of four solo concertos for violin (soloist), string orchestra, a basso continuo

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basso continuo

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a baroque accompaniment played by a keyboard or lute and a bass instrument

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solo concertos

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a piece for single soloist and orch

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The four seasons

  • # of movements
  • # of concertos
  • what prefaces each concerto
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  • 3 per concerto
  • 4
  • sonnets
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movement

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a fairly independent piece thats part of a larger composition

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4 concertos and 3 movements

  • spring
  • summer
  • autumn
  • winter
A

all fast-slow-fast

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spring concerto

  • ___ vs___
  • tutti plays
  • solo plays
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  • tutti/ritornello vs solo
  • ritornello (terraced dynamics)
  • alternating with tutti/ritornello
  • violin (birds, streams, thunder and lightening)
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