An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score
An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score
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c) works for chorus & orchestra<br />
1: <strong>of</strong>ten with one or more soloists<br />
2: on texts <strong>of</strong> dramatic or narrative-dramatic character but intended for concert<br />
rather than stage performance<br />
3. Part Songs & Cantatas<br />
a) part songs<br />
1: composition <strong>of</strong> part songs - which had begun before the end <strong>of</strong> the 18th century<br />
- received impetus in the 19th century<br />
i- the rise <strong>of</strong> nationalism<br />
ii- awakening interest in folksong<br />
iii- the popular festivals in Revolutionary France<br />
iv- rapid growth <strong>of</strong> choral societies in France & Germany during the first half <strong>of</strong><br />
the century<br />
2: the part songs were to serve an immediate purpose and then were mostly<br />
forgotten<br />
b) cantatas<br />
1: <strong>of</strong> more lasting interest than the part songs<br />
2: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was the master <strong>of</strong> this genre<br />
4. Church <strong>Music</strong><br />
a) toward middle <strong>of</strong> the century, agitation for musical reform arose within the Catholic<br />
Church<br />
1: Cecilian movement - named after St. Cecilia patron saint <strong>of</strong> music<br />
i- stimulated in part by interest in the music <strong>of</strong> the past<br />
ii- helped bring about both a rival <strong>of</strong> the 16th century a cappella style and the<br />
restoration <strong>of</strong> Gregorian chant<br />
2: best Catholic church music in the early part <strong>of</strong> the century came from Cherubini<br />
(1760-1842) in Paris & Franz Schubert (1797-1828) in Vienna<br />
b) Protestant & <strong>An</strong>glican were the psalms <strong>of</strong> Mendelssohn and the anthems <strong>of</strong><br />
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)<br />
c) other composers<br />
1: Dmitri Bortnyansky (1751-1825) in Russia<br />
2: Charles Gounod (1818-1893) in Paris<br />
5. Other <strong>Music</strong> on Liturgical Texts<br />
a) Composers<br />
1: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - grandiose religious works intended for special<br />
occasions i.e. the Te Deum for the coronation <strong>of</strong> Napoleon III<br />
i- really dramatic symphonies for orchestra and voices using poetically<br />
inspiring texts that happen to be liturgical<br />
ii- belong not to an ecclesiastical but to a secular and patriotic tradition<br />
inspired by the massive music festivals <strong>of</strong> the French Revolution<br />
2: Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - created for special occasions - the Festival Mass<br />
(1855) for the consecration <strong>of</strong> the cathedral at Gran, Hungary & the Mass for the<br />
coronation <strong>of</strong> the King <strong>of</strong> Hungary (1867)<br />
3: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) & Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) made important<br />
contributions to church music