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WEEK 3 Flashcards

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What are some of the main points stated about Alessandro Grandi?

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1) Singer at St. Marks Basilica in 1617.
2) Monteverdi’s deputy in 1620.
3) Left Venice in 1627.

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What are some of the main points stated about Monteverdi?

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1) Choir master at St. Marks Basilica in 1613.

2) Died in Venice in 1643.

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What is “Solomon’s Love for a Shulamite Girl about?

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The Transcendence of love.

-Erotic, Sensual text

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What is the genre of NAWM 79 Allesandro Grandi’s “ “ ?

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Genre = Solo Motet (sacred concerto)

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What does NAWM 79 Allesandro Grandi’s “ “ contain stylistically?

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  • Modern Aria style
  • Triple meter
  • Refrains
  • Chromatic notes suggesting weakness
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What do we know about music in convents?

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-Nuns make music in Milan and Bologna.
- Nuns “performed” on Feist days.
- They would “perform” at the back of the church.
- The nuns would not be visible but would still be heard.
- Some nuns published music.
MEN were forbidden to enter the convents.

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What style of music are performed during Lent?

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Oratorio

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What style of music was banned during Lent?

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Opera

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What is unique about the oratorio style?

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More abstract, can switch roles. REFER TO TABLE.

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What is Giacomo Carissimi’s (NAWM 80) composition about?

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The daughter is being sacrificed and all she wants to do is weep in the mountains for 2 months with friends because she will never marry.

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What are some characteristics of Carissimi’s composition?

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  • The use of echo repeats the cadential-phrase.

- The chorus repeats the part sung by the daughter.

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Who was Heinrich Schutz?

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An important German composer.

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What did Heinrich Shutz do?

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  • Was a composer
  • Brought Italian style to German music
  • Went to study venetian music with Gabrielli.
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What did Gabrielli give to Schutz when he died?

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  • A ring (symbolizing trust)
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What happened to the Holy Roman Empire when France came into power?

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The Holy Roman Empire became poor and couldn’t pay to compose music but still paid for large ensembles.

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What happened to the economy in relation to music after the 30 years war?

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People became more wealthy and could buy large scale sacred concertos.

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What happened to NAWM 81 “Saul why do you persecute me?” after it was performed once in 1632?

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There was no market for the large scale performance during the 30 years war and so it was held back from publishing until 1650.

18
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What are some characteristics of “From saul to paul”?

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  • Polychoral (Multiple voices in the chorus)
  • Suggested seconda practica because of dissonance(3 interlocking)
  • Echo effect
  • Many shifts from 3/2 to 5/4 suggesting blurring effect
  • Text-painting.
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What is “Historia”?

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  • Lutheran vocal music of the 16th to 18th centuries.

- Based on a biblical narrative.

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What is Passion?

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  • A type of Historia

- Subject matter : Jesus’s crucifixion.

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What are the three known factors of Schutz’s Legacy?

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1) Schutz helped establish Germany as a musical center
2) He synthesized German and Italian elements
3) He helped establish Germany music for later German composers from bach through Brahms.

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What are the types of 17th century instrumental music?

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  • Solo and ensembles
  • Church, chamber, theatre
  • Italian, French, German, English, Spanish
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What are the three things from vocal music that are carried into instrumental music?

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1) Concertato medium
2) Use of virtuosic embelishment (NEW! representation of affect)
3) Recitative and Aria (Mondoy, turned into melody)

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Where did composers learn from for creating instrumental music?

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-Composers learn from vocal music to use in instruental music.

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What does “Toccata” mean?

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Means “touched” in Italian.

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NAWM 82 Girolamo Frescobaldi info

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  • Improvisatory style
  • Structure : Sectional (Can end a piece earlier than planned if necessary)
  • A series of contrasting affects presented by contrasting figurations and textures.
  • Fluidity resembling different affects

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