MUH 3211 - Music History I Instrumental Music, 1600-1750 11/23/2018 Chapter Ten Instrumental Music, 1600-1750 DAY 35 (29 Nov 17)
Instrumental Genres (Baroque) Sonata – “da sonare” – to be sounded - instrumental technique (no vocal models) - wide ranging numbers (1-2 up to ?) - “chamber music” Concerto – “to work together” - larger groups (multiple players on parts) - based in contrasts (small/solo vs. whole) Suite – collections of dance pieces - keyboards - ensembles
Sonatas Developed from the canzona tradition - pieces “to be sounded” - Biagio Marini, Sonata per il violino con due corde Preference to two upper parts over b.c - Trio Sonata (3 parts, but maybe more players) - Maurizio Cazzati, Sonata “La Strozza” Anth I/89 – violin & b.c. = “solo sonata” - Isabella Leonarda, Sonata duodecima (1693) Separate Movements – self-contained units - Giovanni Legrenzi, Sonata Op.2 No.1 La Cornara
Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Sonatas (2) Classed by usage Sonata da camera (chamber) = dance suite - Corelli, Op. 2, No. 10 Sonata da chiesa (church) - Corelli, Op. 1, No. 5 - slow, fast, slow, fast Solo Sonata (violin & b.c.) - ornamentation in slow mvts (see textbook, p. 265) Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto (eventually) a work for orchestra - contrast between solo/small group & whole Concerto grosso - concertino vs. ripieno (tutti) - Corelli, Op. 6, No. 2 (Anth I/90) [HIP video] Solo Concerto [Anth I/91] - one (or two) player(s) vs. entire orchestra - Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in A min, Op. 3, no. 8 - Ritornello structure
“Ospedele della Pietà” (Venice, 1782?) by Gabriele Bella (1730-1799) MUH 3211 - Music History I 11/23/2018 “Ospedele della Pietà” (Venice, 1782?) by Gabriele Bella (1730-1799) DAY 35 (29 Nov 17)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) b. 1678, Venice Violin teacher (Ospedele) “the Red Priest” Music director - Mantua (1718) - Vienna (1727) Concertos (over 400!) 46 Operas (forgotten) Gloria (chorus), etc.