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MUSIC HIST TO 1750 (MUSI-3347-02) 2018FA > CLASS: Nov 30, 2018 -- COMPLETE > Flashcards

CLASS: Nov 30, 2018 -- COMPLETE Flashcards

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Both of these composers are ______ of each other

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Both of these composers are contemporaries of each other

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Bach:

  • Didn’t ______ much.
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Bach:

  • Didn’t travel much.
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Bach:

  • Associate with
    • ____ music
    • _____ music
    • _____ music
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Bach:

  • Associate with
    • church music
    • sacred music
    • keyboard music
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Handel

  • ______ widely
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Handel

  • Traveled widely
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Handel

  • _______ cities
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Handel

  • Cosmopolitan cities
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Handel

  • Composed much
    • _____ music
    • _____ music
    • _____ music
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Handel

  • Composed much
    • opera music
    • oratory music
    • dramatic music
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • _______ made Bach famous
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • Mendelson made Bach famous
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • City associated with church music: ______
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • City associated with church music: Leipzig
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • City associated with court music: _____
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • City associated with court music: Weimar
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • Directed _____ boys. Made sure they were fed and dressed
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • Directed choir boys. Made sure they were fed and dressed
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • Wrote one _____ a week, church music
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • CAREER:
    • Wrote one cantata a week, church music
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Lots of _____ at once
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Lots of melodies at once
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Dense _____
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Dense melodies
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Bach’s counterpoint is different than Josquin’s because it has a _____ destination
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Bach’s counterpoint is different than Josquin’s because it has a tonal destination
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Slow ______ rhythm (not lots of Roman numerals, uses Fortspinnung to spin out towards a cadence.)
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Slow harmonic rhythm (not lots of Roman numerals, uses Fortspinnung to spin out towards a cadence.)
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:​​​​
    • ______ sounding cadences
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • tonal sounding cadences
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • ________ means spinning out of a melodic idea. “Noodling”
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Fortspinnung means spinning out of a melodic idea. “Noodling”
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:​​​​
    • When Bach was writing counterpoint, it was considered ______. Handel was writing the more trendy music.
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:​​​​
    • When Bach was writing counterpoint, it was considered old-fashioned. Handel was writing the more trendy music.
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:
    • Organized mess: like a protein in science. Totally _____ looking but total organization within the chaos.
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Describe Bach’s Career:

  • STYLE:​​​
    • Organized mess: like a protein in science. Totally chaotic looking but total organization within the chaos.
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Bach:

  • He was known for a wide variety of genres.
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Bach:

  • He was known for a wide variety of genres.
    • Preludes and Fugue
      • Well-tempered Clavier
    • Chorale Prelude
      • Orgelbüchlein, organ setting of the hymn tune
    • Concertos
    • Contatas
    • Passions
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Bach:

  • What is significant about the Well-Tempered Clavier?
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Bach:

  • What is significant about the Well-Tempered Clavier?
    • Composed in every chromatic key
    • This is significant because of Equal Temperament Tuning. Not possible before this.
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Bach, Cantata: Nun komm**, der Heiden Heiland

  • Composed in _____
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Bach, Cantata: Nun komm**, der Heiden Heiland

  • Composed in Leipzig
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Bach, Cantata: Nun komm**, der Heiden Heiland

  • Performed during ______ services between Gospel and Sermon
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Bach, Cantata: Nun komm**, der Heiden Heiland

  • Performed during church services between Gospel and Sermon
    • All the readings are done and the cantata prepares them for listening of the sermon
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Bach, Cantata: Nun komm**, der Heiden Heiland

  • ______ composed
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Bach, Cantata: Nun komm**, der Heiden Heiland

  • Freely composed
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * No \_\_\_\_\_
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * No **_story_**
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * On a _____ (Birth of Jesus, Christmas)
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * On a **_theme_** (Birth of Jesus, Christmas)
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Non-\_\_\_\_\_\_ but still performed as part of church services.
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Non-**_Liturgical_** but still performed as part of church services. * Was acceptable because Bach was in the Lutheran church, they were all about music. As long as it aligned with the topic and was sacred.
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * How is it like the Italian Cantata:
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * How is it like the Italian Cantata:​ * Arias and Recitatives
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Who do we associate with the Italian Cantata:
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Who do we associate with the Italian Cantata: * Barbara Strozzi * Alessandro Scarlatti
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * How is it unlike the Italian Cantata:
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * How is it unlike the Italian Cantata: * Sacred * German text * Chorales, simple 4-part * Choral Movements, * Integrates hymn tunes * Very decorated and ornamented * Didn't exist in Italian Cantata * Italian: Monody = solo voice + basso continuo
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Bach includes _______ recitative
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Bach includes **_accompanied_** recitative * Up to this point, recitative was only accompanied with basso continuo * Bach throws extra violins in there
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * If you hear a recitative-like vocal style, plus a small instrumental ensemble, you know you're looking at ____ or ____ because they were the only ones who did that.
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * If you hear a recitative-like vocal style, plus a small instrumental ensemble, you know you're looking at **_Bach_** or **_Handel_** because they were the only ones who did that.
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Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Only two composers who wrote in German in the Baroque period.
Bach, Cantata: *Nun* *komm**, der Heiden Heiland* * Only two composers who wrote in German in the Baroque period. * JS Bach * Heinrich Schütz
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Bach * They didn't have a ton of ______ time
Bach * They didn't have a ton of **_rehearsal_** time * Resulted in sight reading parts
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Bach * Lower performance ______ than today
Bach * Lower performance **_standards_** than today
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Bach * They were performing this music every \_\_\_\_
Bach * They were performing this music every **_week_** * By singing this type of music every week they probably got used to it * It is difficult but there is logic to it, stepwise motion, etc
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Special Type of Oratorio (unstaged)
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Text from first _____ book (Life of Jesus)
Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Text from first **_Gospel_** book (Life of Jesus)
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Narrator/Historicus = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Narrator/Historicus = **_Evangelist_** (character) * Difficult as a performer, multiple parts
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Other ______ for important characters:
Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * Other **_Soloists_** for important characters: * Pontius Pilate * Jesus, Peter * “Maiden”
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_: telling the story
Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * **_Recitative_**: telling the story
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * \_\_\_\_\_: personal reflection
Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * **_Aria_**: personal reflection
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Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * \_\_\_\_\_\_: Reflecting on the situation
Bach, *St. Matthew Passion* * **_Chorus_**: Reflecting on the situation
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Born in \_\_\_\_
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Born in **_Halle_**
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Wide exposure to multiple \_\_\_\_\_\_
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Wide exposure to **_multiple_** genres * He sees a lot of Italian Opera
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * ______ (center of Monody, Caccini was working)
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * **_Florence_** (center of Monody, Caccini was working)
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * _____ (Oratorios of Carissimi)
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * **_Rome_** (Oratorios of Carissimi)
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * _____ (Opera Seria of Scarlatti, instrumentalist)
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * **_Naples_** (Opera Seria of Scarlatti, instrumentalist)
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * _____ (Comic Opera)
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * **_Venice_** (Comic Opera)
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * _____ (Lands a gig)
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Traveled throughout Italy * **_Hanover_** (Lands a gig)
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * 1710: Landed gig as music director for the ______ of Hanover -\> King George I of England
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * 1710: Landed gig as music director for the **_Elector_** of Hanover -\> King George I of England * Where he gets discovered by an impresario, asked to come to England to direct and premier a series of works in London.
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Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Cosmopolitan, big cities. Would be like going to \_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_
Handel’s Cosmopolitan Career * Cosmopolitan, big cities. Would be like going to Chicago, New York, LA, Boston etc.
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) Handel's style looks forward to the Classical style
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Bach's style looks bach to Counterpoint of the Renaissance
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Confusing with Saul by Heinrich Schütz, sacred concerto.
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Confusing with Saul by Heinrich Schütz, sacred concerto. * Different Saul's. (Old Testament Saul- Handel & New testament saul - Schütz)
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Like the earlier Oratorio: * Oratorio: sacred ______ drama
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Like the earlier Oratorio: * Oratorio: sacred **_unstaged_** drama
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Like the earlier Oratorio: * Often performed during \_\_\_\_
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Like the earlier Oratorio: * Often performed during **_Lent_** * When opera houses were shut down
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Like the earlier Oratorio: * Old Testament ____ (1 and 2 Samuel)
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Like the earlier Oratorio: * Old Testament **_Story_** (1 and 2 Samuel) * Old Testament Saul
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Handel wrote many Oratorios, most famous being \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Handel wrote many Oratorios, most famous being *The Messiah*
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Oratorio is different from the Cantata in that the Oratorio is \_\_\_\_\_
Oratorio is different from the Cantata in that the Oratorio is **_dramatic_**
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * Direct allusion to \_\_\_\_\_\_: No narrator
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * Direct allusion to **_drama_**: No narrator * Characters are just talking to each other * Mimic throwing a Javelin
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * _______ exchange of recit/aria
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * **_Formulaic_** exchange of recit/aria * Accompanied recit, regular recit, multiple things going on, but when you look at the larger picture it's much more formulaic in the way it's pieced together
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * Mass ______ representing the “people of Israel”
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * Mass **_choruses_** representing the “people of Israel” * Play to the role of population
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * Large scale ______ accompaniment
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Unlike the earlier Oratorio: * Large scale **_instrumental_** accompaniment * Remember back to the first oratorio we looked at, Carissimi Jephte, we saw a single singer on stage singing an aria, only thing accompanying her was a continuo group
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * City associated with early Oratorio: \_\_\_\_
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * City associated with early Oratorio: **_Rome_**
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Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Most texts for Oratorio are in \_\_\_\_\_
Handel’s Oratorio: *Saul* (1738) * Most texts for Oratorio are in **_English_**

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