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Chapter Eight: Early Baroque Vocal Music

Chapter Eight: Early Baroque Vocal Music. Baroque. Opera : Libretto : Overture :. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). “ The father of opera ” Composed operas, madrigals, Masses, motets 1590: Worked as singer and performer on string instruments for Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Mantua

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Chapter Eight: Early Baroque Vocal Music

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  1. Chapter Eight:Early Baroque Vocal Music

  2. Baroque • Opera: • Libretto: Overture:

  3. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) • “The father of opera” • Composed operas, madrigals, Masses, motets • 1590: Worked as singer and performer on string instruments for Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Mantua • 1601: Appointed court director of music • Composed the operas Orfeo (1607) and Arianna (1608) • Became maestro di cappella (music director) at Saint Mark’s basilica in Venice

  4. Orfeo (1607) • Based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice • Use of Monody: • Recitative • Aria

  5. Chamber Cantata • For solo voice and a few accompanying instruments • Intended to be performed at home or a private chamber (chamber music)

  6. Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) • Cantata L’amante segreto (The Secret Lover): “Voglio morire” (I Want to Die) • Use of figured bass and ostinato

  7. Opera in London Henry Purcell (1659-1695) • 1679: Position as organist at Westminster Abbey • By 1682, organist for the king’s Chapel Royal as well • Dido and Aeneas (1689): One of the first operas written in English

  8. Dido’s Final Aria • Introduced by “Thy hand, Belinda” – Simple recitative • “When I am laid in earth”– Aria (Listening Ex: p. 106) • Built on a basso ostinato

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