MUS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Concert Band, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi
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Antonio vivaldi: the red priest, violin teacher/ composer, all girls school, solo concerto, piece for one solo instrument with orchestra, ritornello form, returning theme that is played by all the orchestra, ex: the four seasons. George frideric handel (1685-1759: german, lived in italy, most of career in london, court musician, composed 40+ operas. The castrato: operatic voice type, voice range of a woman (high pitch, lung power of a man, castrated to preserve voice, paid well, basically worshipped, farinelli (1705-1782) Julius caesar: setting: egypt, caesar: dictator of rome, tolomeo: king of egypt, cleopatra: tolomeo sister, fight over the rule of egypt. Oratorio: (cid:862)opera(cid:863) on a religious su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t, not staged, sacred text, usually from the bible, typical parts, overture (into of orchestra, recitative, aria, chorus, messiah. Oratorio: sacred, voices/orchestra, based on religious text, not staged, most famous, easter and christmas. Opera: secular, drama set to music, based on mythology and history, fully staged.
