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MUSIC HIST TO 1750 (MUSI-3347-02) 2018FA > CLASS: Nov 14, 2018--MISSING LECTURE > Flashcards

CLASS: Nov 14, 2018--MISSING LECTURE Flashcards

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Describe the musical style at the court of Louis XIV.

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Go big or go home. Opulent.

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

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• How many online sources are you allowed to cite?

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

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

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• Describe the early 17th-century sonata.

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Music at the Court of Louis XI

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Music at the Court of Louis XIV

  • Absolutist Court
  • Extravagant Excess
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Versailles

  • Center of French government from 1682- 1789.
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Music at the Court of Louis XIV

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

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Opulence on Stage: Tragedie Lyrique

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Opulence on Stage: Tragedie Lyrique

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

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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
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Lully’s Armide (1686)

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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
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Describe this piece

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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
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Talk about this piece

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