the beginning of the baroque - music...
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The Beginning of the Baroque
•Dates:
–1600-1750
•Clues:
–Harpsichord
–Stays the same
–Terraced Dynamics
–(Ornamentation)
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The Beginning of the Baroque
•We have listened to:
–Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
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The Beginning of the Baroque
•The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
–Spring
•First Movement: Allegro
–Winter
•First Movement: Allegro
•Second Movement: Largo
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Concerto Grosso
•A competition between a small group of instruments and a large group of instruments.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
•Brandenburg Concerto #2
–First Movement: Allegro
•Brandenburg Concerto #3
–First Movement: Allegro
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Fugue (page 15)
•A composition in which the subject or theme is stated in a single voice and then repeated and developed in two or more other voices.
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Fugue•Fugue in g minor
•Fugue in g minor (The Little)
•The Little Fugue in g minor
•by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Characteristics of the BAROQUE
PERIOD
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Dates
•1600 through 1750
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Forms
•Concerto Grosso
•Fugue
•Oratorio
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Rhythm
•Forward rhythmic drive
•Few, if any, tempo changes
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Melody
•One melodic idea
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Texture
•Balance of homophonic and polyphonic
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Timbre
•Strings and winds (brass and woodwinds)
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Dynamics
•Terraced dynamics (contrasting levels)
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Key instrument
•Harpsichord
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Key ideas
•We’ll come back to this one later
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Key composers
•Bach
•Handel
•Vivaldi
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Monophony (page 16)
•One sound
•Same words
•Same notes
•Same time
•Kind of like singing in unison
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Homophony
•Same sound•Same words•Different notes•Same time•The way you sing in church –in parts – soprano, alto, tenor, bass
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Polyphony
•Many sounds•Different words•Different notes•Different time•Like a fugue with each part doing something different
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Open your music
notebooks to page 17.
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George Frederick Handel
•Born in Halle, Germany in 1685
•Died in London, England in 1759
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Handel’s Life
•1685 – born in Germany
•1703 – Hamburg opera house, wrote his first opera
•1706 – went to Italy, studied with Vivaldi and Scarlatti
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Handel’s Life
•1710 – took a job with George, the Elector of Hanover, took a short trip to England
•1712 – got permission to take a longer trip to England, didn’t come back
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Handel’s Life
•1714 – Queen Anne died, George became new King of England, Handel in big trouble
•1717 – reconciled with George and wrote Water Music as peace offering
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Handel’s Life
•1726 – Became English citizen
•1741 – began writing oratorios, Messiah finished in September
•1742 – Messiah premiered in Dublin, Ireland
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Handel’s Life
•1753 – became totally blind
•1759 – died in London England
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George Frederick Handel
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• An English singer (named, Gordon) complained of Handel's method of accompanying. If Handel persisted in accompanying him in this manner, he threatened to jump on Handel's harpsichord and smash it to pieces. Handel is said to have replied,
• "Oh! Let me know when you will do that, and I will advertise it. For I am sure more people will come to see you jump, than to hear you sing."
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• On composing the 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Messiah, Handel is said to have remarked (1741),
• "Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.“
• On composing Messiah, Handel is said to have remarked (1741),
• "I did think I did see all Heaven before me and the great God Himself."
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•A friend, called upon Handel when he was in the act of setting to music the words, 'He was despised and rejected of men.' The friend reports that he "found him absolutely sobbing.“
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• When Messiah was first performed in London (1743), when the chorus struck up, 'For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth' ['Hallelujah Chorus'), reportedly the audience and King [George II] stood and remained standing until the chorus had ended. Some days after the first performance, Handel visited Lord Kinnoul. His lordship paid him compliments on "the noble entertainment". Handel is said to have remarked,
• "My Lord, I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wished to make them better."
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George Frederick Handel
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• Finding it convenient to dine at a tavern, Handel ordered dinner for three. The wait became so long, he became impatient and sent for the host. "Why do you keep me so long waiting?" he asked, with the impetuosity of a hungry man. "We are waiting till the company arrives," replied the innkeeper.
• "Then bring up the dinner, prestissimo, said Handel, "I am the company."
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• Handel's general look was somewhat heavy and sour; but when he did smile, it was his sire the sun, bursting out of a black cloud. There was a sudden flash of intelligence, wit, and good humour, beaming in his countenance, which I hardly saw in any other.
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George Frederick Handel
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• Johann Sebastian Bach is attributed with the following remark:
• "[Handel] is the only person I would wish to see before I die, and the only person I would wish to be, were I not Bach.“
• Upon hearing the above statement, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is said to have exclaimed:
• "Truly, I would say the same myself if I were permitted to put in a word"
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• Ludwig van Beethoven is said to have exclaimed,
• "Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb."
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• One Sunday, having attended worship at a country church, Handel asked the organist to permit him to play as the congregation departed; to which he readily consented. Handel, accordingly, sat down to the organ, and began to play in such a masterly manner, as instantly to attract the attention of the whole congregation, who, instead of vacating their seats as usual, remained for a considerable space of time, fixed in silent admiration.
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• The organist began to be impatient and, at length, addressed the great performer, telling him, he was convinced that he could not play the people out, and advised him to relinquish the attempt; for while he played, they would never leave the church.
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George Frederick Handel
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• When John Christopher Smith (1712-95; Handel's assistant) played the organ at the Theatre, during the first year of Handel's blindness, Samsonwas performed, and (the tenor John) Beard sang, with great feeling,
• Total eclipse - no sun, no moonAll dark, amidst the blaze of noon
• The recollection that Handel had set this air to music, with the view of the blind composer then sitting by the organ, affected the audience so forcibly, that many persons present were moved even to tears.
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George Frederick Handel
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• Handel is not a mere composer in England: he is an institution. What is more, he is a sacred institution.
• Handel came from Germany, learned in Italy, adopted many things from France, and finally, became 'perfect' in Great Britain. A real cosmopolitan....
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If you were living in the Baroque
Period, what one thing would
ALWAYS be true about ALL the
music you would ever hear in your
entire life?
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Patronage System
• Who decided what the style was for the Baroque Period?
• If a composer had a patron, what kind of music did he write?
• If a composer didn’t have a patron, what did that mean?
• Patrons were two kinds: the church and the aristocracy (nobility)
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Page 2 and your chart
• Turn to page 2 – write down some notes about the patronage system.
• Go to your chart and fill in the Key Ideas:
–Music for the Patron
–Patronage System