MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Antonio Vivaldi, Figured Bass, Keyboard Instrument

• School: McGill University
• Department: Music - Arts
• Course: MUAR 211
• Professor: Eric Smialek

Document Summary

Lecture 6: style, form and genre in the late baroque era: antonio vivaldi. John sebastien bach (685-1750): epigone at the end of an era. Must know his death date, which conveniently marks the end of the baroque period. Ba(cid:396)o(cid:395)ue(cid:859) (cid:373)usi(cid:272) is pe(cid:396)haps the (cid:373)ost studied a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)tial (cid:373)usi(cid:272) i(cid:374) the (cid:858)(cid:272)lassi(cid:272)al(cid:859) (cid:396)epe(cid:396)to(cid:396)(cid:455) Baroque period is not over until bach dies. Ba(cid:272)h(cid:859)s so(cid:374)s (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:449)(cid:396)iti(cid:374)g the (cid:374)e(cid:449) st(cid:455)le (cid:272)alled the (cid:272)lassi(cid:272)al (cid:373)usi(cid:272) Lite(cid:396)all(cid:455) (cid:858)o(cid:374)e so(cid:374)g(cid:859); (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)ized by a solo vocal melody with instrumental accompaniment. Monody is homophonic by definition, and much (not all) baroque music is based on this model. One very important development in baroque period is the invention of monody. Melody +accompaniment in a hierarchical relationship; characterized by a clear bass line. Homophonic texture can be created by instruments alone, vocalists alone or any combination of the two, and both voices and instruments can perform an accompaniment.