UNIT 3 BAROQUE
INSTRUMENTS Like virtuosic voices are being featured in Opera (especially with ornamentations and embellishment s !), idiomatic writing for instruments allows each to “sing” with a unique “voice” (with ornamentation and embellishment in a totally different way!) Music USED to be : I’m in the mood to express something or do a dance! Let’s write a poem to sing, or a catchy melody to be played by anything we have lying around. Music CHANGED to be: Look at the newly developed instruments! Let’s find a way to feature their amazing and beautiful sounds!!
ANTONIO VIVALDI 1678 – 1741 Italian, born in Venice Composer, priest, violinist For many years between , worked at Ospedale della Pietà (convent, orphanage, music school) Met Emperor Charles VI, moved to Vienna, died a poor man (Age of Absolutism)
CONCERTO A genre developed during the Baroque era From Latin “to tie in” AND “to fight” Ritornello form (tutti-solo-tutti-solo…) Remind you of anything? Showcase for a specific, solo instrument Highlights important Baroque ideals: VIRTUOSITY and CONTRAST: Full Ensemble vs. Single Soloist Three Movements: Fast-Slow-Fast
TRUMPET Featured for loud dynamic, high playing, and brassy fanfares
VIOLIN Featured for unique melody patterns (“runs”), warm sound, range
OBOE Featured for light yet piercing tone, speed of “runs,” leaps in range
VOCABULARY REVIEW Difference between genre and form? Which is Concerto? Why? Which is Ritornello? Why?