BAROQUE MUSIC

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Homework to be done for the next day in your notebook

You can give me your work in a sheet of paper at the end of the presentation so I can correct it

I´ll give you a sheet of paper with extra information This Power Point, the notes you write in your notebook and that sheet, will be the stuff for your next written exam

VOCABULARY

Video activity one My favourite Baroque music

Answer in your notebook 1. The order of preference in this video 2. Why Boccherini can´t be considered a baroque composer?

3. After watching the video make your own list. 4. Are there any other video like this in the net? Write its title.

BAROQUE

(From.........)Composition of the earliest operas. Monteverdi, Orfeo

(1607)(Plot of the opera.....)

(to...........)Death of J. S._______ ,

the last great Baroque musician, from__________

“Baroque” What is the origin of the word "Baroque"?

BAROQUE FEATURES

Write the baroque features that you could “see” in these works

-...Listening: Pachelbel Canon in D Original Instruments

BAROQUE FEATURES(Style features in all the arts)

Strong contrasts Much movement and rhythm Ornamentation Complexity virtuosity Expressiveness, drama, tension Spectacular, monumental

Find out all about this picture: author, title, country, dates...

And about this sculpture

Look for a picture of some Baroque work that demonstrate these characteristics and write its reference in your notebook.) You may choose architecture, sculpture...

Ex. V_________, “______________” Country__________ Date _______

This music is Baroque¿Why?¿What features can you appreciate?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixnf54W5F28

Sand Animation film Ferenc Cakó

Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (J.B. Lully)?

video Some images of Arte barroco imágenes

Background music is one of the most famous works of Baroque style: find out the reference

OPERAThe most important Baroque creation

Opera is relevant nowadays Do you know if it´s possible to see Baroque

opera in the opera theatres nowadays? Some example __________________

Are there musicians who compose operas at present? Example__________________

Do you know the name of a very popular show in the USA similar to the opera?_______________Some example_________

Opera : index

The birth: Camerata fiorentina:... Definition Types Parts Voices Some authors and titles

Opera: origin + 1600 Camerata fiorentina: a group of noble art

lovers seeking to "reinvent" the Greco-Roman classical tragedy as the highest form of entertainment

Opera. Definition Video Farinelli Il Castrato

After watching this video try to write your own definition of opera.

Opera: definition Sung theatre Solo voices, choir and orquestra Blend of different arts :____________ Based on an literary screen Divided in movements and scenes Scenography: All the things on the stage....

Opera: types

Serious

Plots based in Greek mithology and History

Tragic stories

Sort of public_______

Buffa

Plots inspired in daily affairs

Comedy

Sort of public_______

Try to gess the type of this opera and why. You can describe the scene with your mate.

PERGOLESI, La serva padronaPergolesi - La serva padrona - Sempre in contrasti

Opera: parts or sections Overtura: instrumental part at the beginning.

The main melodic themes are presented. It´s like an advance.

Aria: the singers express their feelings. They are the most melodic and "pretty" sections of the operas.

Recitative: the singers describe the action.

Choir: the people comment what happens

Is this an aria, a recitative...?

Monteverdi, Orfeo

Voice types in opera(from treble to bass)

Women

S_______________

M_______________

C_______________

http://www.nea.gov/national/gav/voicetypes.html

Men

T_______________

B_______________

B______________

Countertenor: A high male voice, generally singing within the female contralto or mezzo- soprano or even soprano range.

Philippe Jaroussky – Vivaldi, Ariahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zQX2XqAE8c

The CASTRATI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNp8hYycx4c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNp8hYycx4cLascia

HENRY PURCELL

Name of the most important British composer And name of his most important opera

At the same time we had here LA ZARZUELA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjOrJe6FwuU

SACRED VOCAL MUSIC A kind of sacred operas but not played as

theatre, only as music. Types:

− CANTATA− CHORALE− ORATORIO: Stories from the Holy Bible Haendel, Messiah (El Mesías )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJHqriXhK7Y− PASSION: oratorio about the death of Jesus

Bach, St Matthew Passion

INSTRUMENTAL FORMS

1. CONCERTO

. 1 Soloist accompanied by an orchestra

− ( Complete the information of this slidewith the extra sheet of paper)

.Three movements 1. 2. 3.

2. suite

. Group of dances with

different rhythms and

speeds

. They can be for orchestra or solo instrument...

J. S. Bach, Brandemburg Concert, 5 1st mov.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOKnhX0Sk

Which are soloist instruments and which are the accompaniment

Bach,Cello suite nº 1

Yo-Yo Ma plays the prelude from Bach´s Cello Suite No. 1

El silencio antes de Bach. (Die stille vor Bach)

Master and Commander- Soundtrack2-(Bach

What other Baroque works sound on the soundtrack of the film Master and Commander?

INSTRUMENTSCreation of the string quartet as we know it today

V___________________________

Luthier: constructor of stringed instruments, like STRADIVARIUS

(Video Vivaldi...)

Do you know if there are some luthier in La rioja?

KEYBOARDS: Haspsichord

The organ:

Bach, Tocata y fuga...animación

Bach, Tocata y fuga...órgano de iglesia

Name ___________________________ What are those pedals at the base?________

Other Baroque instrumentsName of this one___________________Reference of the picture__________________

Review: List of Baroque composers, works and their nationalities that you have learnt or listened to these days

Review:BAROQUE FEATURES

(Style features in all the arts) in order of importance in your opinion

Review: Baroque musical forms

• Baroque religious vocal forms

• Baroque secular vocal forms– Europe

– Spain

Review

Opera

Review: Baroque musical forms INSTRUMENTAL FORMS

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− 2

Repaso

Instruments