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Today – Music and Dance notesTomorrow – Music listening notesThursday – Music ReviewFriday – Binder CheckMonday – President’s Day – No schoolTuesday – Jeopardy Review – Extra credit op.Wednesday – Sub – turn in work givenThursday – Test (Kossa)Friday – Make-up Test
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Bach and Handel
Baroque Music
Like in visual arts, emotion was very important
Most patrons were nobles from state or church
Musicians saw themselves as employees rather than artists and created on demand
Music specific to the occasionLittle thought of preservation of musicPowerful tool for communication/create
emotions
Baroque Music
Family HistoryGerman Large family of
professional church musicians
4 of his own sons also became major composers
Never left his native country
Bach
Court organist in WeimarComposed the great toccatas, fugues, and works for
organChapel master to the prince of Anhalt
Famous Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites1723 became cantor of St. Thomas’ Church in Leipzig
Weekly church cantatasPassion music for Good FridayFestive music for major events
Fugue – one-movement composition/uses imitative counterpoint
Wrote primarily for the church and patrons
Bach's Music
Family HistoryBorn in GermanySon of a Barber-
surgeonTraveled the worldBecame a citizen of
EnglandBecame a national
treasure there
Handel
Composed music mostly for the publicKnown for genre known as oratorio (chorus
and orchestra together)His most famous told the life of Jesus
(Messiah)“Hallelujah Chorus”Known as a brilliant organistCollapsed at the end of a performance of
Messiah and died 3 days later
Handel's music
Family HistoryVenetianStudied to be a
priest but was also accomplished with violin and harpsichord
Traveled widely across Europe composing music
Vivaldi
Directed the orchestra and chorus at a girl’s orphanage for nearly 40 years
Gained huge popularity at the orphanage – eventually traveled Europe composing for European courts
Best known for concertos (solo parts alternated with a group of instruments) – The Four Seasons
Concertos were very dramatic and are like an “argument” or contest between the soloist and orchestra
Vivaldi’s Music
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Music Summary
Baroque DanceBallet – The Beginnings
The Birth of BalletGrew from court dance of RenaissanceAristocracy wanted dance to show social
etiquette – dance masters became a necessity to keep up with new trends
Masters started to use rehearsals and nobles studied with dance masters
Dance manuals became common – taught both dance and social elegance
Catherine de MediciBefore Louis XIVGiven some credit for beginnings of ballet in France1533 – married King Henry II (French)She was ItalianShe brought Italian dance master Balthasar de
Beaujoyeaux – duties of court entertainment1581 – Balthasar created Ballet Comique de la Reine (the
Queen’s Comic Ballet)Included: large sets, songs, poetry, and prose – performed
by court nobles
King Louis XIVContinued the French tradition of Ballet“The Sun King” – performed role of Apollo in
Ballet de la Nuit (Ballet of the Night) in 16531661 – established Academie Royale de la
Danse (Royal Academy of Dance) – aided in professionalization of the art of ballet
Louis cont.Pierre Beauchamp – king’s ballet master –
developed ballet terminology and techniqueHe created 5 positions for the feet and
concept of dancing with “turned out” legsBallet no longer function of court – moved
from palace to theatreFirst female dancers to professionally
perform appeared in 1681 in Le Triomphe de l’Amour (The Triumph of Love)
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