1. MUH 3211 - Music History I Instrumental Music, 1600-1750
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Chapter Ten
Instrumental Music,
DAY 34 (27 Nov 17)

2. Violin (in the Baroque Era)
Bass-bar smaller & lighter
Neck – less angled (lower tension on strings)
Bridge – lower (& flatter)
Fingerboard – shorter (reducing upper range)
Pre-Tourte bow
Modern vs. Baroque Violin

3. Wind Instruments (Baroque)
MUH Music History I
Wind Instruments (Baroque)
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Recorder (flauto)
Flauto traverso (German flute)
Oboe
Bassoon
DAY 34 (27 Nov 17)

4. Brass & Percussion (Baroque)
Trumpet
Horn
Trombone
Timpani
Baroque Orchestra - Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

5. Keyboards (Baroque) Clavichord Harpsichord
Pianoforte – invented c. 1709
Organ - Cornell’s Baroque Organ Project
From the Clavichord to the Modern Piano (Pt 1 of 2) [Pt 2 follows end of video]

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)
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