Music 1a Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kapellmeister, Florentine Camerata, Parody Mass
17 Mar 2016
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Cruda amarilli : madrigal based on text by guarini (il pastor fido, pastoral drama, amarilli is a descendant of the gods, and she is in an arranged marriage with. Silvio who only cares about hunting: mirtillo is the speaker in the madrigal and he is singing his hopeless love for. Abrupt changes in rhythm and texture: madrigal begins with homophony then the voices suddenly scatter into a polyphonic texture, disorder. Burden of expression is on a single melodic line: camerata leadership changes in 1592. Idea of greek tragedy is replaced with pastoral drama. Striggio: five acts plus a prologue sung by musica , uses speech-like recitative different from camerata, gives illusion of speech but more continuous melody and rhythm the harmonies are less stagnant, musical genres include: Calls for a variety of basso continuo instruments, specifies when they are to be used different instruments for the upperworld and underworld: orpheus and eurydice, distinguishing speech and song, recitative.
