texture, often imitative, written for three to six sing able character voices, each melodic line or voice could be interpreted either with real voices or instruments. The genres and forms of music in these times was the religious music during this period the religious music had a growing spread. The most important liturgical forms during the Renaissance were the Misa and the Motet. Misa of cantus firmus: the author takes a preexisting melody, either from the plainsong or some secular song, or even
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Alessandro Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725) Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Life Scarlatti was born in Palermo, then part of the Kingdom of Sicily. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and some theorize that he had some connection
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Material Music Composition and Composer Project Over the next 5 weeks, the Learning Team will work on the Music Composition and Composer Paper. This paper will involve an analysis of a composition and composer from a specific time period, such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or early 20th-century. Listen to the composition several times before you begin. The following are the weekly assignment requirements for the paper and presentation. 1. In Week Two, the Learning Team will submit
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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: The entombment of Christ was painted by Caravaggio for the church of Santa Maria, owned by Saint Phillip Neri. The painting is in the counter-reformation style which started roughly around 1520. Italian Art had begun to sink into mannerism by striving for effect and its high sophistication. Pressure from the Catholic Church to put a leash on religious imagery greatly affected Italian art, resulting in decrees concerning religious images during the Council
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How does the adoption of Christianity affect Western Culture? In what ways do we see this reflected in art and writing?” The Bible has had a major impact on history especially western culture. The bible became the central piece of western culture. Not only was the bible the central document for worship it was the rule of faith for morale guide and anchor for ethical and religious stability. The bible has shaped not only religious thought, but politics, education, art, music, literature
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Augustine c. 1667, differs from the previous two because it is made of terracotta. However, it is similar to Bernini’s David in the fact that both were made during the baroque art period and has similar elements to the art works. The Alessandro exerts movement through the cloak because of its wavy surface. Alessandro is experiencing religious ecstasy and Puget reflects that in his face with intense tension of his muscles.(?
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ceiling that were on the ceiling of building. But the Style he uses is abstract from my opinion because Pozzo uses it as a “Catholic Counter-Reformation art” that describes more stringent, doctrinal style of Christian art which was developed during the period c.1560-1700. Interpretive Analysis This painting that Pozzo painting uses various of symbols and metaphors in his chosen work which are there are four pieces that he painted on the ceiling which represented for great countries in the time which
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During the Victorian period, there was a revival of classical (Greek and Roman), Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Romantic architects replicated Greek and Roman buildings, which were revered as the ultimate examples of beauty (Sporre 487; Tansey 932). Increased nationalism in England also sparked a revival of Gothic architecture. After the Houses of Parliament burnt down in London (1834), the task of redesign the new building was assigned to Charles A. Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin
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of Schoenberg’s Three Piano Pieces Op. 11, No. 1, where he writes a three-voice counterpoint. Schoenberg’s atonal writing was profoundly based on polyphonic procedures as became obvious with dodecaphony; a big part of his method was based on the baroque techniques of inversion, retrograde, and retrograde-inversion. The passage makes free use of chromaticism, with the traditional devices of repetition and imitation. Vertical intervals are mostly concealed, and have an even distribution between consonance
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and style in the 17th century is Corelli’s Sonata in D major op.5 no.1. Musical style of this work can be described as “free virtuosity”. The performer has to pay attention to how Corelli carefully composed this work in marvelous improvisation. The Baroque violin players were supposed to have sprit of improvisation in their mind and technique in which most modern players
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