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The seventeenth century was a time of great change in musical style‚ particularly in opera‚ which was becoming much more popular and was beginning to be focused on a lot more. Opera was spreading out from Italy and into other countries in Europe‚ although Venice remained the centre of activity. In October 1697‚ a Venetian opera newsletter stated that “Truly today operas have become so common in every part of Italy‚ that not only in its famous cities‚ but even in various towns and villages they are
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aristocratic form of poetry and music that flourished at small Italian courts. In the piece‚ Cruda Amarilli‚ Monteverdi uses many musical devices that are typical of a madrigal. The lyrics in this song are repeated‚ the music accompanies the text in interesting ways‚ and there is a wide range of vocal notes. After listening to the piece just once you can immediately feel the unrequited love Monteverdi is displaying through his words and music. The music and instrumentation in this piece aid the voices to
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For example‚ King David in the Cante! Rbury Psalter tells that ³musical sonorities² were introduced into the service of the church (Young 46). Monteverdi¹s opera L¹Incoronazions di Poppea educated audiences with its historical context and characters (Young 77). The popularity of music remained dominant throughout the Middle Ages‚ although writers began to entertain through the use of written poetry as well. European
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Possente Spirto : Opinions in the style of Monteverdi and Artusi Sabrina K. Robbins Musicology 210 Dr. Rachel Golden October 23‚ 2012 Music has always and will
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refers to the modern style of music that was used in the beginnings of opera. This practica was more dissonant than the prima practica and they used such terms to distinguish the two different styles. Credit for the seconda practica goes to Claudio Monteverdi who also wrote the first major opera.
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but it is a manifestation of sadness. In most cases‚ Lamento della ninfa included‚ the lamenter is tormented simultaneously by the past‚ present‚ and future: the memories of what once was‚ the current pain of loss‚ and grievances for the future. Monteverdi masterfully manipulates the poetry of Ottavio Rinuccini with music that expresses the emotion of the text. In order to do so‚ he utilizes compositional techniques both old and new in relation to his time period. There exist many examples of madrigalisms
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Seria: Continuation of Baroque Neopolitan opera in terms of subject matter (always in Italian based on Greek Mythology or an ancient Roman story from history) makes use of Patter Arias; these operas were commissioned by aristocrats for weddings‚ coronations‚ etc (ANYTHING serious) Patter Aria: A comical aria with fast pronunciation (Comical words) ALWAYS sung by a bass (in operas‚ basses were the comical characters and tenors were the heroic ones) Libretto: Book with all the texts for an opera/oratorio
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perform with great technical skill and vivid personal style‚ and of a growing variety of musical instruments.” That brings us back to Opera; this musical form brings all the mentioned trends together‚ became the ultimate symbol of the age. Claudio Monteverdi was the first great composer of opera; he composed Orfeo (1607) about a legendary ancient Greek poet-musician named
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painting generally appears on words that express emotions‚ for example‚ L’Orfeo (1607) by Claudio Monteverdi‚ a recitatives opera‚ it is a Greek mythology about Orpheus‚ a god who’s able to move people with his music and poetry. In this story‚ his wife‚ Eurydice died from snakebite. Orpheus was so distraught he went to the Underworld wanted to retrieve his wife back from Hades with his music. Monteverdi used word painting on ‘morta’ (‘death’)‚ the musical pitch here is lower; ‘più profondi abissì (‘the
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