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General Music

General Music. Day Twenty . Bell Work How To. Always LABEL you bell work with the date. You may use the same page for several of your bell works. ALWAYS use at least THREE complete sentences to answer the question. Save your bell work for bell work check in’s .

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General Music

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  1. General Music Day Twenty

  2. Bell Work How To • Always LABEL you bell workwith the date. • You may use the same page for several of your bell works. • ALWAYS use at least THREE complete sentences to answer the question. • Save your bell work for bell work check in’s. • If you miss class, you may go onto Mrs V’s website to get the missed bell work question. It is YOUR responsibility to get the bell work completed.

  3. Bell Work #20 Which of the five senses can be affected by music? Explain why. The five senses are: sight, taste, touch, sound, and hearing Use three complete sentences!

  4. Planner • Homework: No Homework

  5. Today I will learn: • I will learn about Handel and Vivaldi.

  6. George Frideric Handel In the attic of a modest home in Germany in the late 1600s, a small boy was secretly teaching himself to play the keyboard.

  7. lawyer • Handel’s father wanted him to have a proper career and become a __________. • Handel practiced his music in secrecy. • After his father’s death, he began formal music training. • Towards the end of his life, Handel went _____. blind

  8. Handel was one of the finest composers of the ____________ era. Handel’s musical training was in: Baroque • Germany • Italy His first love was ______. opera Handel as a boy.

  9. Handel returned to Germany in order to work for the ______________ on the condition that he be allowed to take some time off to go to London. Elector of Havover Handel lived the rest of his life in London.

  10. Apart from operas, Handel wrote a wide variety of instrumental musicincluding: • Concertos • Suites • Sonatas • Chamber music A carved marble statue of Handel, created for the Vauxhall Gardens in 1738 by Louis-François Roubiliac, and now preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

  11. He also wrote a great deal of vocal music including cantatas and _____________. oratorios oratorios One of his most famous _____________ was: • The Messiah Portrait of George Frederick Handel engraved by Charles Turner, 1821

  12. Fast Facts: Name: George Frideric Handel Dates: 1685-1759 Country of birth: Germany Historical Era: Baroque Contemporary Composers: Bach, Vivaldi Contemporary Artists: Vermeer Other People/Events: Isaac Newton, Voltaire, George Washington, invention of the piano

  13. Fun Fact: Handel wrote one of his best known pieces of orchestral music for his employer King George 1 (previously known as the Elector of Germany). It was first performed whilst the King was floating down the Thames River on a barge, with the orchestra on another barge floating close by. The King liked the long series of movements so much, that he asked for it to be played three times that day. Needless to say, Handel and the orchestra were exhausted. This piece of music is aptly named Water Music.

  14. “Water Music” • Composer: Handel • Historical Era: Baroque • Type of composition: Instrumental • Genre: Suite Click here for song!

  15. Antonio Vivaldi In the 1920s, an Italian boarding school was doing a spring clean when it discovered boxes full of Vivaldi’s old music manuscripts!

  16. The discovery of Vivaldi’s old music manuscripts began a renewed interest in his music. Thus, Vivaldi’s reputation as a worthy and equally important contemporary of Bach and Handel was reinstated. Venice, Italy Vivaldi was born in _________.

  17. At the age of 15, Vivaldi began studying to become a _____ and thus, along with his bright red hair, he gained his life long nickname of _________________________. Vivaldi was the son of a professional violin player who gave him an ideal start in his musical studies. priest Il PreteRosso (The Red Priest)

  18. Vivaldi had a type of _______ that made him unable to perform mass. asthma • He spent much of his life working in an _________: • Teaching violin • Directing the orchestra orphanage

  19. Much of Vivaldi’s music was written for the orphans he worked with and includes: • Over 500 concertos • Sonatas • Chamber music • Operas • Sacred vocal music

  20. Some of his best known music is a series of violin concerti called ______________. TheFour Seasons Each concerto corresponds to a different season of the year, the most famous one being ________________. La Primavera (Spring)

  21. Fast Facts: Name: Antonio Vivaldi Dates: 1678-1741 Country of birth: Italy Historical Era: Baroque Contemporary Composers: Bach, Handel Contemporary Artists: Caravaggio Other People/Events: Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton discovers Law of Gravity, Fahrenheit invented the thermometer

  22. Fun Fact: In Vivaldi’s day it was scandalous for females to be seen playing musical instruments. Vivaldi and his all-girl orchestra from the orphanage would therefore often have to play behind a white curtain....one that was thick enough to obscure such scandal from sight, but thin enough that the orchestra could be heard.

  23. “Guitar Concerto in d minor” • Composer: Vivaldi • Historical Era: Baroque • Type of composition: Instrumental • Genre: Concerto Click here for song!

  24. Exit • 1. Tell me one thing about Handel and one thing in about Vivaldi in a complete sentence.

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