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conservatories
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naples had 4, homes for orphaned and poor boys that specialized in teaching music. many castrati
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serious opera
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codiied by librettist Pietro Metastasio in 1720s. recit and arias still alternated in serious and comic opera
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farinelli
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sing for a full minute, 3+octave range, femenine
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Rome
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Opera less central,
Patrons supported academies. Geminiani and Locatelli spread the Italian style of Corelli to other regions. |
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Venice
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most glamorous city in Euro, music on streets and gondoliers
Public festivals, Church music flourished. six+ opera companies. |
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Vivaldi
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virtuoso violinist, master teacher. opera, cantatas, and sacred music. remembered for his violin concertos. red haired priest, born in venice, master of violin at pieta.
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pieta
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girls only, "hospital" that taught music to orphans. vivaldi was teacher, composer, conductor, and superintendent of musical instruments.
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vivaldi concertos
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wrote 500, 25 ppl in orch, used colorful effects, clear form and fresh melody. followed fast slow fast by Albinoni. Four Seasons, opus 3
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ritornello form
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fast movements set off by ritornello played by the orchestra, alternated with episodes for the soloist. ABACADA
small melodic units manipulated by the soloists or in other ritornellos. Later statements of orch present part of original theme. The first and last in the tonic, the 2nd in V, soloist may interrupt or play part of the closing ritornello. |
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Music in France
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paris was musical center of france. Clérambault and LeClair sought to blend Italian and French. Concert Spirituel concert series
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Couperin
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organist to king, taught aristocrats, published own music. The Art of Playing the Harpsichord. chamber music synthesizes French and Italian styles. perfect music would be a union of the two national styles, suites for Corelli and Lully. foremost French composer of trio sonatas.
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Couperin ordres
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published 1713-1730.
number of mini works, based on dance rhythms, binary form. evocative titles. |
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Rameau
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theorist by 40, composer at 50, worked for wealthy patron, reactive music. Treatise on Harmony 1722.
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Rameau theory
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consonance and dissonance, defined by bass note, dominant seventh to tonic, acoustics, est. tonic, dominant and subdominant
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Rameau opera
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1st: Hippolyte et Aricie, (Racine)Castor et Pollux, Zoroastre. Lully vs. Rameau, but all on R's side against Italian. good orch writing, melody from harmony, more chromaticism.
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tocatta
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character, showing off
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fantasia
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fewer formal restrictions, contemplative
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passacaglia/chaconne
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variations on a ground
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