Transcript Chapter 9-11 Power Point

Chapters 9-11
Journal Entry #11
If you had to write an opera, what do
you think would be the subject and
overall plot?
THE BAROQUE SONATA
Sonata – piece with several movements
for 1-8 instruments
 Trio sonata – 3 melodic lines (2 high and
1 basso continuo)
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2
high instruments (violins, flutes, oboes)
 2 basso continuo (keyboard instrument and
low instrument)
Originated in Italy, spread during 1600’s
 Palaces, homes, churches
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 Sonata
da chiesa (church sonata)
 Sonata da camera (chamber sonata)
CH. 10: ARCANGELO CORELLI
1653-1713
 Italian violinist/composer of string
music around 1700
 Adult life in Rome
 Friend and music director to Cardinal
Ottoboni
 Teacher: instructed best musicians of
his time, laid the foundations of
modern violin technique
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Wrote only instrumental music
 60
sonatas
 12 concertos
 All for strings
LISTENING FOR SONATA
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Trio Sonata in A Minor, Op. 3, No.
10
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Arcangelo Corelli
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2 violins & piano
4 short movements
Fast
2. Fast
3. Slow
4. Fast
All in same minor key, differ in mood and tempo
1.
CH. 11: ANTONIO VIVALDI
Italian, late Baroque
 Born in Venice
 Father: violinist at St.
Mark’s
 25: took holy orders,
however, poor health
caused him to leave the ministry after a year
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Religious background + red hair = nickname “the Red
Priest”
Violin teacher, virtuoso, composer,
conductor at music school of the
Pieta – institution for orphaned or
illegitimate girls in Venice
 Very popular until just before his
death, died in poverty
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 Almost
forgotten for nearly 200 years
 Baroque revival around 1950 reestablished reputation
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Operas, church music, best known for 450
concerti grossi and solo concertos
 Solo
concerto – piece for single soloist and
orchestra
 So, what’s the difference between a concerto
grosso and a solo concerto?
LISTENING TO VIVALDI
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La Primavera (Spring), Concerto for Violin and
String Orcheatra, from The Four Seasons (1725)
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Vivaldi’s most popular work
Set of 4 solo concertos
Baroque program music – music associated with a
story, poem, idea, or scene
Text painting:
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Spring: bird chirps
Summer: gentle breeze
3 Mvmts: Fast – slow – fast, 1st and last in ritornello
form
Homework
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For tomorrow summarize one of the two
composers Corelli (chp 10) or Vivaldi (chp
11).
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Where were they from: dates and places?(2)
What were they known for in regards to music (What
made their music unique)?(4)
Distinguishing characteristics about them as a
person(4)
Summarize and describe one piece of music
associated with each composer. (4)
Worth 14 points total, can be hand-written on notebook
paper (legible).