Pieces Flashcards
1
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NAWM 73 Le musiche opera l’Euridice
A
Jacopo Peri, opera 1600
- earliest surviving opera in a complete score
- includes 2 types of monody: recitative and aria
2
Q
NAWM 74 L’Orfeo, excerpts from Act II
A
Montiverdi, opera 1607
- stylistically diverse
- elaborate instrumentation, means that patrons had ALOT of money
- aria, canzonetta
- hemiolas highlight dance-like properties
- rhythmic parallelism is used as an expressive device
- the last section is a polyphonic madrigal
3
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NAWM 71 Cruda Amaralli
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Montiverdi, madrigal 1590’s
- taken from his fifth book of madrigals
- example of second practica
- free verse
- petty, one-sided love
4
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NAWM 72 Vedro ‘l mio sol (I will see my sun)
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Caccini, solo madrigal 1590’s
- solo voice with basso continuo
- published in le nuove musiche
- performed in Florence
- used polyphonic singing techniques
5
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NAWM 75 L’incaronazione di Poppea, Act I Scene III
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Montiverdi, opera
- solo singers, no accompaniment
- based off musical interp. of text, not libretto
- about real historical figures
- dramatic content, not poetic form
6
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NAWM 76 Artemesia, Act I, Scene III
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Cavalli, opera
- historical figure queen Atermesia II
- his 22nd opera
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