An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score

iii) Jocob Handl (1550-1591) active in Olmütz & Prague
iv) Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) another German pupil of Gabrieli
v) Mikolaj Zielenski (ca. 1550-ca. 1615)
J. Genres of Catholic Church Music
1. Monody, the concertato medium, and even the apparatus of the theater were all
turned to sacred uses - Emilio de'Cavaliere (ca. 1550-1602) even before the first
surviving opera produced a morality play with music on a stage in Rome
2. The Grand Concerto
a) Roman counterpoint played a lesser role than the medium of the grand concerto in
the 17th century
b) sacred works for huge aggregations of singers and players - sometimes reaching
colossal proportions
c) Orazio Benevoli (1605-1672) major figure writing in Rome for St. Peter's
3. Concerto for Few Voices
a) one, two, or three solo voices sang to the accompaniment of an organ continuo
was much more familiar to the average parishioner
b) Lodovico Viadana (1560-1627) - one of the first composers to exploit this new
medium
4. where resources permitted, the grand concerto was combined with the concerto for
few voices
a) Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 pioneered the medium
b) Alessandro Grandi (ca. 1575/80-1630) was particularly noted for his sacred
compositions in the new style
5. Oratorio
a) middle of 17th century was a sacred dialogue, which combined elements of
narrative, dialogue, and meditation or exhortation but not usually intended for
stage performance with a libretto in Latin or Italian
(1) called oratorio because they were most often performed in the oratory - the
part of the church where lay societies met to hear sermons and sing
devotional songs
(2) Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) - his "Jephte" exemplifies a mid-century
oratorio
b) both oratorios & operas used recitative, arias, duets, and instrumental preludes
and ritornellos but the oratorio differed in numerous ways
(1) subject matter was sacred
(2) narration was included
(3) chorus was used for dramatic, narrative, and meditative purposes
(4) seldom - if ever - staged with action described or suggested, not played out
K. Lutheran Church Music
1. Sacred music in Austria, and the Catholic southern cities of Germany remained
wholelly under Italian influence - with Italian composers particularly in Munich,
Slazburg, Prague, and Vienna
2. Composers in the Lutheran central and northern regions began to exploit the new
medium early in the 17th century
a) along with the new media, the continued to write polyphonic chorale motets as
well as biblical motets