Wednesday, March 3, 2021

March 3 - Tone Colors

Mark Alburger- Baroque Music (2. Middle to Late)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H50CojV3hwU&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcd8gcQEgTH_3RIrkSK-sZhB

Accomplished six below...

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2a. From Pedagogical to Practical)
Johann Joseph Fux, Alessandro Scarlatti, Johann Christoph Pepusch,
Francois Couperin, Jeremiah Clark
https://youtu.be/H50CojV3hwU

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2b. Vivaldi)
Antonio Vivaldi
https://youtu.be/T6vQddSKs_A

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2c. Telemann to J.S. Bach)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann David Heinichen,
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Sebastian Bach
https://youtu.be/8a8PpAdCa8Y

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2d. J.S. Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Weimar / Kothen)
https://youtu.be/Oc1WuadLGtc

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2e. J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel)
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel
https://youtu.be/y5uAK8y7RNA

Mark Alburger - Baroque Music (2f. G.F. Handel to Pergolesi)
George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, North Carolina,
Russia, South Africa, Thomas Arne, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
https://youtu.be/EY9fu6S50Oo

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[Jacopo Peri, one of the inventors of opera, hoping (in vain) to be featured in Diablo Valley College Music Appreciation Quiz 6 (Baroque Music) -- pdf / jpg sent out today; due completed, w/ Baroque 1-2 Notes as same formats attached as standard email to mus21stc@gmail.com by 6pm, Friday, March 5... planning on Zoom Optional Meeting 11am today, Wednesday, March 3!

... sending out email invites c. 15 minutes prior!


D, A, E Major / E Minor


Three Genres in Baroque Music, and Their Typical Movements

Opera
Overture
Recitative
Aria (Duet, Trio, Quartet, etc.)
Chorus
(etc.)

Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
(etc.)

Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast


Birth-Death Years for J.S. Bach, and 
Three Stylistic Periods (Cities of Activity) - Types of Music Written in Each

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal



Listening


Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (I. God Come to My Aid)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GYjNj75MFI
(John Eliot Gardiner Early-Music recording -- with Vocal Score!)

https://youtu.be/HLg1RAXsIos
(@ 15:33, Early-Music performance)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespro_della_Beata_Vergine

http://imslp.org/wiki/Vespro_della_Beata_Vergine,_SV_206_(Monteverdi,_Claudio)
(Full Score)


Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul

https://youtu.be/03yDSxKny94
(@ 14:30, with Score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schütz

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/43mym9/heinrich_schutz_saul_saul_was_verfolgst_du_mich/

http://imslp.org/wiki/Saul%2C_Saul%2C_was_verfolgst_du_mich%3F%2C_SWV_415_(Sch%C3%BCtz%2C_Heinrich)


Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y
(OK version, preceeded by recit. Thy Hand, Belinda [about a minute] with Vocal / Bass Line Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeB4cpRq16M
(Dramatic version)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas

http://imslp.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas,_Z.626_(Purcell,_Henry)


Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria

https://youtu.be/T6vQddSKs_A
(@ 6:01, with Score!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaOVV4JQHA
(All-women's group, reflecting Vivaldi's employment situation!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_(Vivaldi)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Gloria_in_D_major,_RV_589_(Vivaldi,_Antonio)


Johann Sebastian Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Kq60w-AXk
(with Score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_in_G_minor,_BWV_578


George Frideric Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4LDVrnAQeo
(Keyboard-Vocal Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXmIjpGsGc&p=FA3F0EFACB26D72D&playnext=1&index=2
(Live Early-Music performance)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_Part_II

http://imslp.org/wiki/Messiah,_HWV_56_(Handel,_George_Frideric)
(Full Score - 44. Hallelujah, at bottom of listings)