Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Usually monophonic
Sometimes with improvised
accompaniment
Tells of chivalry and courtly love
Originated in France
Written in French language
Adam de la Halle (1237-1288)
His works:
Le Jeu de Robin et de
Marion
La Chanson du roi de Sicile
Renaissance - comes from the word “renaitre” which
means “rebirth”; “revival” and “rediscovery”.
Mostly polyphonic
Characteristics:
polyphonic
Sung a cappella
Through – composed
Frequently in 3 to 6 voices
1. Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina (1525-1594)
Dynamic contrast
Music genres
Examples:
Handel’s Messiah, Samson, Israel and Egypt
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Haydn’s The Creation
>became an orphaned at
age 10.
His works:
Brandenburg Concertos (concerto grosso)
Mass in B minor
Cantata 208 and 211
Fugue in G minor
Works for clavichord and harpsichord
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
(1678-1741)
>recognized as Italian
Baroque composer,
catholic priest and a
virtuoso violinist.
His work:
The Four Seasons – this composition is a series
of four violin concerti depicting each of the
seasons Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
George Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759)
His work: