1. Part III : The Baroque Era
MUH Music History I
11/13/2018
Part III : The Baroque Era
“Prelude”
DAY 25 (1 Nov 17)

2. 17th Century
Age of Absolutism (all-powerful monarchs) - Louis XIV (reigned !)
Religious Wars (Catholics vs. Protestants) - Thirty Year’s War ( ) - English Civil War, Cromwell, “Glorious Revolution”
Colonialization – search for Resources (Wealth)
Scientific Revolution - empirical observation - applied science for the betterment of mankind

3. The Baroque (in Music) Era from c. 1600 to 1750 (says Bonds)
Origins in 1580s (or earlier) in Italy
Term = “misshapen pearl” (Portuguese)
Refers to excess and unnatural (in contrast to Renaissance = Greeks = classical)
New musical styles & techniques
Monody (solo line w/ accompaniment)
Basso continuo (improvised accompaniment)
Opera (& other genres)

4. MUH 3211 - Music History I The New Practice
11/13/2018
Chapter Seven
The New Practice
DAY 25 (1 Nov 17)

5. Greek Music in the 16th C Renaissance = “revival” (of Antiquity)
Ancient Greek Music (what is it? )
Words should determine the music - N. Vicentino (1555)
Affect = Emotion (leads to) “word painting”
Problem of Polyphony (textbook, p ) - Zarlino & Palestrina – text intelligibility
Vincenzo Galilei (1581) – argues for simplicity - solo voice w/ lyre accompaniment

6. Florentine Camerata Home of Giovanni de Bardi (Florence) – 1573-1587
Camerata = “society” - poets, literary figures
How to revive Greek music?
Letters of Girolamo Mei - study & translate Greeks
Giulio Caccini, et al. - songs in Greek manner
“Monody” – according to Caccini (Le Nuove Musiche)

7. Jacopo Peri as poet Arion (Intermedio V: “Song of Arion”)
MUH Music History I
Florentine Wedding (1589)
11/13/2018
Medici / French princess - major event
Play w/ six Intermedi - short musical interludes - Classical Antiquity - Power of music
Intermedio V (Anth. I/ 69)
Una Stravaganza Dei Medici (All 6 intermedi in 8 parts [Anth I/69 in part 6])
Jacopo Peri as poet Arion (Intermedio V: “Song of Arion”)
DAY 25 (1 Nov 17)

8. Caccini, Le Nuove Musiche
“The new music” (1602)
Caccini describe Camerata (textbook, p. 199)
Solo voice & accompaniment
Monody (“one song”)
Basso continuo
“Sfogava con le stelle” Anth I/70 (& textbook, p. 201)

9. Basso continuo / Figured Bass
Exs. Caccini - “Amor...” [lute] & Caccini - “Amor...” [organ]