CLASS: Nov 14, 2018--MISSING LECTURE

Question 1

Describe the musical style at the court of Louis XIV.

Answer 1

Go big or go home. Opulent.

Question 2

Answer 2

Question 3

Review Questions
• Where should you look for sources for your annotated bibliography?

Question 4

Review Questions
• How many online sources are you allowed to cite?

Question 5

Review Questions
• What online source(s) are you allowed to use?

Question 6

Review Questions
• Explain the distinctive elements of Frescobaldi’s compositional style.

Question 7

Review Questions
• Describe the early 17th-century sonata.

Question 8

Music at the Court of Louis XI

Answer 8

Music at the Court of Louis XIV

• Absolutist Court
• Extravagant Excess

Question 9

Answer 9

Versailles

• Center of French government from 1682- 1789.

Question 10

Music at the Court of Louis XIV

• Absolutist Court
• Extravagant Excess • Jean-Baptiste Lully
• Court Composer
• Violinist
• “24 Grand Violins of the King

Question 11

Answer 11

Opulence in Music: Lully’s Grand Motet

• Te Deum: Latin Hymn of Praise
• Instrumentation:
  
  • Small choir + Soloists, Large Choir, 6-part string ensemble, trumpets and timpani, basso continuo
• Epic proportions
• Concerted Texture between instruments and voices

Question 12

Talk about this piece

Answer 12

Question 13

Opulence on Stage: Tragedie Lyrique

Answer 13

Opulence on Stage: Tragedie Lyrique

• French court opera: State institution
• Spectacle: Theatrical representation of power
• Early French Opera = Tragedie Lyrique

Question 14

Answer 14

Question 15

Opulence on Stage: Tragedie Lyrique

Answer 15

Opulence on Stage: Tragedie Lyrique

• French court opera: State institution
• Spectacle: Theatrical representation of power
• Early French Opera = Tragedie Lyrique
  
  • Heroic-historical plots (thinly veiled allegory)
  • Elements of Spoken Drama
  • Court pagentry
  • Divertissements
  • French Overture
  • Prejudice against Italianate vocal virtuosity
    
    • Verisimilitude

Question 16

Lully’s Armide (1686)

Answer 16

Lully’s Armide (1686)

• Contemporary allegory:
• Actors/Singers…
  
  • wore contemporary dress
  • Danced contemporary social dances
• Story of Armide and Renaud
• French Overture
  
  • Two parts: Slow Duple/Fast Triple
  • Dotted Rhythms
• Divertissement: Simple
• Act II, Scene 5: Armide Sings
  
  • Seamless transition between recitative, prelude, aria

Question 17

Describe this piece

Answer 17

Question 18

Answer 18

Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683-1764)

• Advanced Lully’s style
  
  • Rich harmonies
  • Thicker textures
  • More intense rhythms
• The Querelle des bouffons
  
  • First piece to be labeled “Baroque”
  • Story from Greek mythology
  • Dramaticorchestraleffects
  • InnovativeuseofChorus
  • No clear division between recitative and aria

Question 19

Talk about this piece

Answer 19