middy Flashcards
divine office
basically the worship + work schedule for monasteries/convents
hildegard von bingen when
1098-1179
bingen what
convent abbess; poetry, prose, music writer
bingen style traits
big range, big intervallic leaps, florid melismas
imp of greek + roman antiquity
orig just scholars, but then gen people were very into it > architecture, vis art, poetry, music of renaissance
luigi rossi when
1597-1653
luigi rossi what did he do
composer, keyboard
luigi rossi where
naples, rome, paris
luigi rossi genres
canzonettas, cantatas, operas
atto melani when
1626-1714
melani what
ital castrato + composer
melani served who
de’medici
melani which composer did he perform for
rossi
melani what other job??? and result?
SPY for multiple courts????? eventually banished from france
melani sources of income
louis xiv court and made him abbot of a monastery, venice and luca and bologna made him a patrician
melani career late life
diplomacy (gave up music)
castrato
castrated before puberty to maintain soprano or alto voc range; very important in opera and baroque
castrato perofrmed which roles
leading roles for men, and also womens parts
baroque orchestra traits
usually bowed strings only or as core, plus harpsichord/organ. sometimes woodwinds and limited percussion
basso ostinato/ground bass
ostinato: musical figure that repeats > harmonic foundation
baroque lament aria ensemble
basso ostinato/ground bass, descending, triple meter
lament aria popular when (century)
17th cent
lament aria subcat of what
recit and aria
movement
individual piece in a multi-mvt genre