Raechel Sanchez Biographical Composer Sketch Name: Claudio Monteverdi Born: 5/15/1967 Cremona‚ Italy Died: 11/29/1643 Venice‚ Italy Personal Life Family: Father was Baldassare Monteverdi‚ a doctor‚ apothecary and surgeon; He was the oldest of five children; Married court singer Claudia Cattaneo; Two sons Francesco and Massimilino; 2 Daughters Leonora the other daughter died shortly after birth her name was Carulla. Health and Physiognomy: Sporadic depression and anxiety after
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Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi is considered to be a revolutionary composer in the musical world‚ yet so much of his life is a mystery. Even though biographers have made many convincing speculations and correlations about the events of Monteverdi’s life‚ they cannot be considered completely factual (Redlich‚ Preface). Most biographies are comprised of legends and unauthorized assumptions (Redlich‚ 1-2). There are some aspects of his life that are known with certainty‚ and the most relied
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Sir Orfeo‚ written by an unknown author‚ employs a variety of poetic devices to immerse the audience in the tale and evoke a myriad of pathos. Throughout this short lay‚ the author calls upon the dichotomy of heaven and hell‚ creating an environment in which the reader remains suspended between the two‚ searching for truth in the world of Sir Orfeo. The fantastical setting of the lay gives the illusion of a beautiful and powerful kingdom‚ unmistakably loyal to their king‚ Sir Orfeo. The calm of the
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Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer‚ gambist‚ singer and Roman Catholic priest. Monteverdi’s work‚ often regarded as revolutionary‚ marked the change from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two styles of composition – the heritage of Renaissance polyphony and the new basso continuo technique of the Baroque. Monteverdi wrote one of the earliest operas‚ L’Orfeo‚ a novel work that is the earliest
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development of the orchestra. Claudio Monteverdi play an important role in the development of the opera orchestra. Firstly‚ Monteverdi puts an orchestra instrumental list at the beginning of his of Orfeo. This easily delineates his insistence on using a certain number of instruments for what probably a certain “sound”. Monteverdi also assigned instruments to certain characters/emotions. (81) Giving a more intimate connection of instrumentation to music. Monteverdi continues is orchestral
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in opera is Monteverdi’s Orfeo and its argued role reversal. When Orfeo laments‚ it seems as though he has completely taken over a feminine character‚ not using proper rhetoric and stumbling about musically. He does not have the same command over the audience that he had previously and even showing his emotional vulnerability gives him a more feminine role. That is only one instance of several in Orfeo in which expected gender roles are subverted. However‚ Monteverdi is certainly not the only
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Background to Rameau’s Principle of Harmony’. Journal of Music Theory‚ vol.31‚ 1987‚ pp.23-50 Books Porter‚ R. The Enlightenment New York: Palgrave‚ 2001 Latham‚ A Kennedy‚ M. Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 2004 Monteverdi‚ C Rameau‚ J. Treatise on Harmony New York: Dover Publications‚ 1971 Buelow‚ G Websites “Pitch” Web page‚ 2010 [Accessed 28th October 2010] Available at http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/40883?q=pitch&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit
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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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“characteristically rhythmic ritornello with strong hemiola becomes the refrain for Orpheus’s ‘Vi Ricorda’” stressing Orpheus’s elation‚ while keeping Eurydice out of the limelight.[ Mcgautreau. “Orfeo: Act II.” Baroque Notes‚ http://mcgautreau.com/notes/early/stage/orfeo2.php (accessed Feb. 28‚
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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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