MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ritornello, Figured Bass, Trio Sonata
10 Apr 2019
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29/01/18: all about light, age of exploration. Often have maps: domestic music making. Still mostly for the upper class, but there are starting to be concerts for the public. Most women made music at home, but with operas, some women can now do it professionally: most work by women composers is lost because it wasn"t celebrated. Women and men were usually separated in the court. If a piece has two lines: melody and base, the base part can be played by multiple people (basso continuo) Large scale instrumental genres: two types of concerto and the baroque dance suite: concerto grosso: written during the baroque period and in the 20th century, but not in between. In the 20th century, they were trying to imitate the baroque period: concerto grosso or solo: any kind of concerto involves an instrumental soloist with orchestra. Orchestra often just strings and not very big. No conductor: they either followed the soloist, first violin or harpsichord.
