M.A. REN. BAROQUE SIMPLICITY COMPLEXITY GROWTH, INCREASE

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

COMPLEX TEXTURE PLAYERS IN THE ORCHESTRASSTAGES AND CONCERTSENSEMBLESAUDIENCECOMPOSERS AND WORKS...COUNTRIESMUSICAL FORMS

BAROQUE arts are promoted byThe Church, Monarchy and nobility

and bourgeoisie

Throughout the Baroque period, composers continued to be employed

by the church and wealthy ruling class. This system of employment was called

the patronage system. As the patron paid the composer for each work and usually decided what kind of piece the

composer should write, this limited their creative freedom.

BAROQUE MUSIC USIC

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Homework to be done in your notebook

You´ll give me this homework in your notebook the day of the exam

BAROQUE

(From.........)

Composition of

the earliest operas.

Monteverdi, Orfeo (1607)

(Plot of the mith.....)

(to...........)

Death of J. S._______ , the last great Baroque musician, from__________

BAROQUE FEATURES

Write the baroque features that you “see” in these baroque works

-...Listening: Pachelbel Canon in D Original Instruments

BAROQUE FEATURES(Style features in all the arts)

Strong contrasts Much movement and rhythm Ornamentation Complexity virtuosity Expressiveness, drama, tension Spectacular, monumental

This is Baroque. Why?What baroque features can you

appreciate?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixnf54W5F28

Sand Animation film Ferenc Cakó

Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (J.B. Lully)?

CONTRAST

Soloist...................................

Treble....................................

Forte......................................

Virtuosity................................

Ornamentation.......................

OPERAThe most important Baroque creation

Opera : index

The birth: Camerata fiorentina:... Definition Types Parts Voices Some authors and titles

Opera: origin + 1600

Camerata fiorentina: a group of noble art lovers seeking to "reinvent" the Greco-Roman classical tragedy as the highest form of entertainment

Opera. Definition Video Monteverdi, La coronación de Popea

After watching this video try to write your own definition of opera

Opera: definition Sung theatre, divided in movements and

scenes. Based on a literary screen Solo voices, choir and orquestra Scenography: All the things on the stage....

(also called “Art direction”)

So it´s a blend of different arts

Opera: types

Serious

Plots based in Greek mythology and History

Tragic stories

Sort of audience_______

Buffa

Plots inspired in daily affairs

Comedy

Sort of audience_______

Try to gess what type is this opera and why.

PERGOLESI, La serva padrona

Pergolesi - La serva padrona - Sempre in contrasti

Opera: parts or sections Overture: instrumental part at the beginning.

The main melodic themes are presented. It´s like an advance.

Aria: the singers express their feelings. They are the most melodic and "pretty" sections of the operas (solo or dueto...)

Recitative: the singers describe the action.

Choir: the people comment what happens

Is this an aria, a recitative...?

Monteverdi, Orfeo

Voice types in opera(from treble to bass)

Women

S_______________

M_______________

C_______________

Men

T_______________

B_______________

B______________

The CASTRATI FARINELLI

Lascia...

Countertenor: A high male voice, generally singing within the female contralto or mezzo- soprano range.

Philippe Jaroussky – Vivaldi, Aria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zQX2XqAE8c

HENRY PURCELL

Name of the most important British composer And name of his most important opera

At the same time we had here LA ZARZUELA (Buffa type)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjOrJe6FwuU

SACRED VOCAL MUSIC A kind of sacred operas but not played as

theatre, only as music on the stage . Types:

CANTATA

CHORALE

ORATORIO: Stories from the Holy Bible

Haendel, Messiah (El Mesías )Aleluya (choir)

PASSION: oratorio about the death of Jesus

Bach, St Matthew Passion

INSTRUMENTAL FORMS (not sung)

1. CONCERTO

1 soloist accompanied by an orchestra: Concerto solista

If there is more than 1 soloist, the concert is called Concerto Grosso

.Three movements, different speeds

1. 2. 3.

VIVALDI Venecia..... your reading

The four seasons

(Concerts for violin and orquestra) Vivaldi, un príncipe en

Venecia

J. S. Bach, Violin and oboe concerto (concerto grosso)

Bach, Concerto for two violins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJTuVehxoWg

2. SUITE

. Group of instrumental pieces based in dances with different rhythms and speeds

(You wont see people dancing, only playing)

. They can be for orchestra or solo instrument...

. Names of diferent dances: Rondó, giga, minueto, zarabanda....

Bach,Cello suite nº 1 (for solo inst.)

Yo-Yo Ma plays the prelude from Bach´s Cello Suite No. 1

El silencio antes de Bach. (Die stille vor Bach)

● HAENDEL

Music for the Royal Fireworks (for orchestra)

INSTRUMENTSCreation of the string quartet as we know it today (from treble to bass pitch)

V___________________________

Luthier: constructor of stringed instruments, like STRADIVARIUS

(Video Vivaldi...)

Do you know if there are any luthier in La Rioja?

VIOLIN

KEYBOARDS: Harpsichord

THE ORGAN

Bach, The greatest organist....

Chico joven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JQZb83oCc

Bach, Tocata y fuga...animación

The almost only percussion instrument of Baroque

Name ___________________________

What are those pedals at the base for?________

Other Baroque instrumentsName of this one___________________

Reference of the picture__________________

GENRES

Vocal Instrumental

OPERA RELIGIOUSCONCERTO SUITE

INSTRUMENTS

Opera religious vocal

similarities differences

CONCIERTO SUITE

Similarities Differences

Review: List of Baroque composers, works, genre and their nationalities that you have learnt or listened to

these days

Review:BAROQUE FEATURES

(Style features in all the arts) in order of importance in your opinion

Review: Baroque musical forms

• Baroque religious vocal forms

• Baroque secular vocal forms– Europe

– Spain

Review

Opera

Revision

Instruments