Session 1 presentation - Wolf Trap Opera
Session 1 presentation - Wolf Trap Opera
Session 1 presentation - Wolf Trap Opera
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Early Baroque<br />
(Monteverdi)<br />
High Baroque<br />
(Handel)<br />
in service of text Melody coloratura, fioratura,<br />
melismas, ornaments<br />
spare, slow-moving Harmony<br />
rhythm of speech<br />
strings, keyboards<br />
token winds<br />
of supreme importance<br />
some counterpoint<br />
Rhythm increasingly complex<br />
Texture<br />
relatively small range Amplitude<br />
mythology & history<br />
Text<br />
Subject<br />
more winds:<br />
flute, oboe, trumpet<br />
terraced dynamics<br />
secondary in importance<br />
mythology & history<br />
through-composed Form rigid “number” operas<br />
Da capo aria: ABA form
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