MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Countertenor, Falsetto, Red Priest
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Would be v. rare for a baroque composer to change tempos/moods in the middle of a piece: this changes in the next 100 yrs, the rise of the virtuoso musician, technical improvements in instrument making. E. g. addition of keys in the flute. Allows for composition of much more difficult music: composers challenging the performers. People becoming famous outside their countries for the first time. Composers writing for specific performers instead of general. Fri. nov. 21, 2014: the rise of the professional female singer, increasingly professional women were singers and instrumentalists. Elisabeth-claude jacquet de la guerre: concerto delle donne (ensemble of the ladies, a lot tougher for them to get their music out there than it was for the men, they are being rediscovered. Internationalism: free interchange among national cultures, all-european style. Canadian gov"t has a few of these yearly contest for young musicians, opportunity to use one of these violins for a year.
