1. MUH 3211 - Music History I Instrumental Music, 1600-1750
11/23/2018
Chapter Ten
Instrumental Music,
DAY 35 (29 Nov 17)

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 ( )

5. 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

6. “Ospedele della Pietà” (Venice, 1782?) by Gabriele Bella (1730-1799)
MUH Music History I
11/23/2018
“Ospedele della Pietà” (Venice, 1782?) by Gabriele Bella ( )
DAY 35 (29 Nov 17)

7. 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.