Chapter 16 Flashcards
What did King Louis XIV value in his kingdom?
image making, control and refinement as a method of controlling his subjects
What were the three main types of French Court Opera
Royal chapel, great stable, chamber
What were the main differences between French and Italian music?
- French: DANCE elegance, refinement, political propaganda
- Italian: SINGING, showmanship, Venetian public opera, commerce, festivities
What is the Great Stable
WBP for outdoor events/ festivities
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lully
lead composer in France at the time, invented the idea of spoken tragedie set to music, most of the time it honoured Louis
Divertissements
In tragédie en musique, a long interlude of ballet, solo airs, choral singing, and spectacle, intended as entertainment
Binary form
A form of two contrasting sections: major starts on the tonic and moves to the dominant and back, minor starts on the tonic and moves to the relative major and back
Agréments
ornamentation patterns
Why do oratorios have narrators but not opera?
Everything is acted out in operas so they don’t need narration, but in the bible a lot of things are spoken
What language are oratorios in?
latin (sometimes in Italian)
What is an air?
English or French solo song with accompaniment, usually for dance
