Music For A While

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  • Created by: ObeseSlav
  • Created on: 25-01-22 12:53
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  • Music for A While
    • Personal
      • Henry Purcell (1659-1695) -  Baroque Period
        • Chapel Royal at Westminster Abbey
      • Made a lot of music in the "stile italiano"
        • Trio sonata, double-dotted notes and da capo arias
      • Made music for ceremonial events, and songs
        • King Arthur
        • Dido and Aeneas
        • Oedipus
          • Oedipus is where this piece is from - written by John Dryden, it tells the story of a boy who accidentally kills his father and sleeps with his mother.
    • Lyrics
      • Written for  countertenor
      • Word painting (e.g. bar 10)
        • Music reflects what the words are saying
      • Types of lyrics
        • Melisma
          • Multiple notes per syllable
        • Syllabic
          • 1 note per syllable
    • Introduction
      • 3 Bars long
      • Realised -  Realisation of Figured Bass
      • Ascending sequence
      • Chromatic Notes
    • Main
      • Instrumentation
        • Lute
        • Bass viol
        • Written for harpsichord
        • Baroque pitch - semitone higher than our recording
      • Section A
        • Syllabic introduction with -mu
        • Harpsichord - accompanying role
        • Word painting + melismas
        • Emphasis of ALL  - repetition + ascending bass pattern
      • Section B
        • Relative major - C
        • Sharpemed third on snakes
          • Tierce de Picardie
        • "drops" - onomatopoeic
      • Section A1
        • da capo arias - vocal line embellished
        • final chord arpeggiated
          • Untitled

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