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Music and society in the late baroque era: how does he describe baroque

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Period of inventiveness and new styles which is hard to define

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Music and society in the late baroque era: what does he think baroque grew from?

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Venetion music and the concerto

Conviction of small intellectuals in France and Italy

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Music and society in the late baroque era :what does he see as the most important development?

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Emotion

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Muso and and society in the late baroque era: how was opera influential

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Joining of styles

Attention of public

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Music and society: which country was most influential?

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Italy, especially Rome and the sistine chapel

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Music and society: his belief on religion

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Played a major role in music

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Music and society: why did he believe England had a free evolution of music

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Lack of absolute power

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Music in society: what did rich London life result in?

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Growth in ameature music making
Handel gained money from public music making
London turn away from opera led him to write the English Oratorio

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Music and society: what does he believe about most baroque composers?

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Had an Italian sound

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Music and society: what developed during baroque?

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Instrumental music

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Music and society: vivaldi influence

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Popularized solo instrumental music
Standardised the 3 movement concerto
Synonymous with Italian style

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Music and society: legacy of baroque music

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Gave birth to modern music
Variety of genres
Emotion
Italian dominated

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Music and society: Handel in England

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Icon of respectibility and nationalism

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Music and society: Handel in Germany

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Wrongly cast in companion role with Bach

Only composer continuously celebrated

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Music and society: Bach

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Greatest impact on music
Led the way for German instrumental music
Formed by society and forned society

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When and where did Handel write his early Operas

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1703

Hamburg

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Where did Handel meet nobles

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1707

Italy

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When was Handel appointed Kapellmeister

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1710 to the Elector of Hanover

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What does Kapellmeister mean

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In charge of music making

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When did Handel arrive in London

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1710

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When did Handel write first Italian opera

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1711

Rinaldo

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Vo’ for guerra

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Ronaldo Aria
ABA
Particular Ritornello
Solo for harpsichord
Female soprano
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How was Handel able to write opera

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Stipent of £200 a month from Queen Anne

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Handel first hint to oratorio

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Acis and Galatea

English narrative

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Who did Handel compose for when opera collapsed

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James Brydges

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How did Handel accidentally invent the Oratorio

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Esther written when the Duke asked him to set passage of the old testiment to English

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Esther

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First Oratorio
1718
Biblical but not religious
Reuses music from the Broches Passion
Performed by Handel opera singers at the Kings theatre
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Oratorio

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Large musical compositional work for orchestra, choir and soloist

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Differences between oratorio and opera

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English
No Castrato
Unstaged
Other Arias
Large choruses
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Alexander’s feast

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1776

Written for Saint Cecelias day

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Alexander’s feast final chorus

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About who’s better, Timotheus or Cecilia
Starts with recitative
Dialogue
Contrapuntal figures respond to the text

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Handel Contrapuntal writing in final chorus of Alexander’s feast

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Line 2 = ‘divide’ so Handel writes division of semi quavers
Line 3 = ‘raised’ ascends
Line 4 = ‘down’ descends

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Handel overall

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Used political connections for money
Able to turn his skills to the needs of his patrons
Defined by his situation

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Esther instrumentation

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2 sopranos
3 tenors
4 bass
1 alto

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What form drive opera?

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ABA

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