MUSIC 2251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Lombard Rhythm, Chromatic Scale, Strophic Form
19 Oct 2018
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Ch 21 - performing grief: purcell + early opera. Opera -- large-scale drama that is sung. Plot is advanced by musical speech called recitative. Gives way to aria -- releases tension in song. The orchestra performs the overture -- beginning. Masque -- entertainment that combined vocal + instrumental music w poetry + dance. Puritans forbid stage plays, but if it was set to music it was considered a concert". Hornpipe -- a dance form associated w sailors. Characterized by a reversed dotted figure called scotch snap -- short-long rhythm. Ground bass -- a repeated phrase that descends the chromatic scale, symbolic of grief. Purcell: dido and aeneas, act 3, opening and lament. Characters - dido, queen of carthage (soprano), aeneas, adventuring hero (baritone), Belinda, dido"s serving maid (soprano), sorceress, spirit, witches. Act 3, opening rhythm/meter - sprightly tempo, in triple meter; use of scotch-snap dotted figures. Harmony - major key, w/ chromatic foreshadowing of lament.
