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What is a symposium? |
Gathering of intellectuals who share a common interest. |
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Who created the symposium? |
Plato |
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What did every Symposium conclude with? |
A singing of a skill on that was about their subject of interest. |
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What is the difference between a Symposium and an Academy? |
Symposium - Ancient Greek Academy - Italian Renaissance |
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What was the "Camerata"? |
An Academy started by Count Bardi that's main interest was Greek Tragedy. |
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What was the goal of the Camerata? |
•To revive Greek Tragedy and become knowledgeable •To bring great plays to modern society |
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Who started the Camerata? |
Count Bardi |
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Who wrote "On the Modes of the Ancients"? |
Girolamo Mei |
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Who was Girolamo Mei? |
•musician/poet •taught the classics in a university in Florence •wrote lots of treatises •worked for Count Bardi •planned a lot of musical events |
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What was "On the Modes of the Ancients" about? |
•Ancient Greek music theory •talked about Doctine of Ethos -still very much in effect •talked about old modes
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What is Intermedia? |
•Short setting from a Greek play, set to music and performed in between acts of spoken play •written short scenes to be presented in between acts •wanted everyone to hear every word and understand it |
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What did members of the Camerata think about Greek play text? |
That the text should be sung. |
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What did every Greek tragedy have to have? |
A life lesson. |
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What is the plural form of "opus"? |
Opera |
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What is the plural form of "opus"? |
Opera |
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What is monody? |
•solo vocal line whose melody and rhythm is dependent on the text •both a composition and style •2nd Practice •sparse accompaniment 1) expreses text (text painting) 2) stays out of the way 3) simple and sparse |
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During this time, is music and servant to text of is text a servant to music? |
Music is servant to text. |
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Who was the first composer to talk about monody and what did he originally call it? |
Monteverdi 2nd Practice |
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Who was Caccini? |
•member of the Camerata •court singer for Medici family •wrote treatise called "Le nuove musiche" |
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Who was Caccini? |
•member of the Camerata •court singer for Medici family •wrote treatise called "Le nuove musiche" |
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Who wrote "Le nuove musiche"? |
Caccini |
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What was the treatise "Le nuove musiche" about? |
•expand on Monteverdi's treatise •explaining the 2nd practice and calling it monody •music/notes ornament the text L1 - Vocal Line L2 - Bass Line (figured bass) |
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What is figured bass? |
•Musical shorthand written below the bass line to indicate the harmony •came about during this time •made up of a series of #'s and accidentals |
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What is stile rappresentivo? |
•grammatical or theatrical style •stile aggitato |
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What is stile agitato? |
Series of rapidly repeating notes to represent being agitated/angry |
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Who all was part of the Camerata? |
•Peri - musician (singer at Metecci court) •Caccini - musician (singer at Metecci court) •Rinuccini - poet (wrote text for Metecci •Galilei- musician |
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How many settings were composed on the Greek tragedy "Orfeo" and who wrote them? |
•2 • Peri and Caccini |
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What 4 cities did opera develop? |
1) Florence (1600-1640) 2) Roman (1620-1640) 3) Venice (1640-1680) 4) Naples (1680-1720) |
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What 4 cities did opera develop? |
1) Florence (1600-1640) 2) Roman (1620-1640) 3) Venice (1640-1680) 4) Naples (1680-1720) |
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Who is Orfeo a son of? |
Apollo |
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Names to know how to spell |
Plato Count Bardi Girolamo Mei Caccini Galilei Peri Rinucci Apollo Euridice |
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What 2 musicians were singers at Metecci court? |
Peri and Caccini |
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Who wrote text for Metecci family? |
Rinuccini |
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Who wrote text for Metecci family? |
Rinuccini |
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Who wrote a book on polyphony and Florentino camerata? |
Galilei |
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What is stile recitativo? |
•always set in monody •solo vocal line with very sparse chordal accompaniment •very close to speech |
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What year was Orfeo written? |
1607 |
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Where was Orfeo written? |
Court of Mantua |
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Who wrote the music in Orfeo? |
Monteverdi |
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What was the first full length opera? |
Orfeo |
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What is Orfeo made up of? |
A Prologue and 5 Acts |
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What is Orfeo made up of? |
A Prologue and 5 Acts |
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Where does the Prologue come from? |
Greek tragedy style |
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Who sings the Prologue? |
La Música (one of the muses) |
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Who was Striggio? |
Poet at court of Mant |
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What were 3 characteristics of Orfeo? |
1) Subjects come from Greek mythology 2) Use of monody 3) For the elitist |
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What year did Monteverdi write Vespers? |
1610 |
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What year did Monteverdi write Vespers? |
1610 |
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What was Vespers? |
An audition piece for Monteverdi. |
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What other 2 operas did Monteverdi write? |
1) Coronation of Popeo 2) Return of Ulysses |
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What year did the first public opera house open? |
1637 |
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What year did the first public opera house open? |
1637 |
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When was the Coronation of Popeo written? |
1642 |
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What year did the first public opera house open? |
1637 |
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When was the Coronation of Popeo written? |
1642 |
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How did Venice take over opera? |
By making it accessible to everyone |
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What year did the first public opera house open? |
1637 |
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When was the Coronation of Popeo written? |
1642 |
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How did Venice take over opera? |
By making it accessible to everyone |
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What were 5 characteristics of Venetian opera? |
1) Based on Roman History 2) Complete separation of recitative and aria 3) Great spectacles 4) Castrati 5) Story will often extols evil |
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What is an aria? |
Comments on/responds to the action |
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What is an aria? |
Comments on/responds to the action |
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What is recitative? |
Carries action |
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What was the Deux ex machine? |
The devil machine |
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What was a castrati? |
Church singer boy kept sterile. |
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Example of evil in Coronation of Popeo? |
Nero, married to Octavia, was attracted to Poppeo, the wife of a general. The Roman Emperor Seneca acts as his conscience. |
