MUSIC 100 Midterm: music notes midterm

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC 100
• Professor: Robert Eisenstein

Document Summary

Meter- pattern of accented and unaccented beats. Rhythm- succession of sounds with proportional durations. Minor and major scales 2 ways of organizing pitch. Academy of the lovestruck interested in reviving greek antiquity. Premiere of orfeo only male singers and they played multiple roles. Orfeo similar to modern music because story through music there"s a plot. Oratorio = religious no costumes no props in general can have characters just. Time period of messiah = later baroque period. Handel had to write several versions after the premiere. How is messiah different from oratorio no characters in messiah and its in english. Premiere of orfeo different from messiah because of orfeo was a very small hall no big public theater private audience at orfeo = only people from academy of lovestruck and nobles audience at messiah = public heavily advertised. How do the 2 above differ from beethovens. Early 18 century london people listened to opera oratorio european and local instrumental music.