VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chromaticism, Atonality, Sprechgesang
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Succession of pitches that form distinct coherent musical unit. ( dr king"s lec 3 notes) Disjunct refers to long leaps in music. Contour is the level of melody and how the pitches go from the original. Referred to as plain song, plain chant or gregorian chant. Big leap up and then undulating descent and then a big leap. Conjunct when descending and disjunct at leaps. Little leaps and steps so both conjunct and disjunct. Famous composers of baroque period were vivaldi, bach and handel. Secular vocal genre of the 16th century that originated in itlay and commonly uses word painting. Thomas weelkes, as vesta was from latmos hill descending: Oriana was a legendary british princess and refers to queen elizabeth. Vesta was the roman goddess of heart, home and family. Diana was the roman goddess of the hunt who was known to hunt with a group of followers.
