Mus201(#3)
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- Monody
- A type of accompanied solo song that developed about 1600 in reaction to the polyphonic style of the 16th century and that is characterized by recitative-like voice part and thorough bass accompaniement
- Madrigal comedy
- Late 16th century works in which an entire play was set to music in the form of madrigals and other kinds of polyphonic vocal music. Madrigals that represent a succession of scenes.
- Intermedio
- Musical interlude on a pastoral or mythological subject performed before, between, or after the acts of a spoken comedy or tragedy
- Commedia del'arte
- A type of comedic stage presentation that developed in Italy about 1500. It had no music, but its traditional archetypes of characters were introduced into musical comedies and operas. (ex: comic servant, rich venetian merchant, unfaithful wife, etc)
- ballet
- in 16th and 1th century France, an entertainment in which both professionals and guests danced; later, a staged work danced by professionals
- Pastoral play
- play in verse with incedental music and songs, normally set in idealized rural surroundings, often in ancient times. A source for earliest opera librettos.
- Doctrine of affections
- An aesthetic theory of the baroque. J Mattheson enumerates more than 20 affections and describes how they should be used in music. An affection is a basic state of emotion - like sorrow. Each composition should embody only one emotion.
- Florentine camarata
- a group of literary men and musicians and amateurs that began to gather in 1580, at the palace of Count Bardi at Florence - to discuss new musical styles in imitation of the music of the ancient Greek drama. MEMBERS INCLUDED: Rinuccini-poet, Galilei-musician, Caccini, Peri, and Bardi. Lead to the creation of Opera (recitative, etc).
- Le nuove musiche
- publication by Caccini in 1601. Contained arias and madrigals in the new monody style of recitative with throughbass accompaniment.
- Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea
- his masterpiece about Roman emperor Nero's affair with Poppea widow whom he eventually marries
- Bel canto
- Elegant italianvocal style of early 19th century marked by lyrical, embellished melodies that show off the beauty and skill of the singer's voice - beautiful singing.
- Scene complex
- Scene in opera that contains one or more arias - or recitative then aria monologues - by one person - recetitive or aria.
- duets
- 2 singers
- Laments
- Written to commerate death of a famous person. Or a long affecting recitative with moments of florid song and arioso passages built on sequences.
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Prolific master of the Italian secular Cantata.