Music

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GENRE

category of a given work determined by a combo of its performance medium and social function

"style"

Baroque

FUGUE

polyphonic based on one theme

begins with voice/melody

that melody is imitated in succession by other voices at a time

fugue - fugitive ; chase one another

most fully developed procedure of imitative counter part

line up with itself when other inst. start the same melody but at different time

Toccata and Fugue in D minor- Bach

Brandenburg Concerto

concerto grosso (big concerto with mult. soloists)

1 of 6 works dedicated to ruler of brand. (modern eastern Germany)

last of 3 movements w/in concerto grosso

TRUMPET (NO VALVES) OBOE VIOLIN AND RECORDER SOLOISTS W/ HARPSICORD ACCOMP.

Cantata: a work sung during a religious service; lit translation, "that which is sung" - counter part of the instrumental form of chamber music, the sonata

bach wrote nearly 200 cantatas- first 150 were writing w/in 3 years (one a week)

"Awake a voice calls to us" written for the 27th Sunday after trinity in 1731

ritornello principle

Oratorio v Opera

Opera- costumes and sets

oratorio- religious texts not stage sets or costumes

virtually identical

Hallelujah

G.F. Handel and Bach were born 100 mile apart and never met

H. traveled all over Europe

B. stayed in Germany

Messiah was most popular of al oratorios

King George I stood for the chorus and everyone has ever since

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Classical Era

Word-Music Relationships and Classical Era