With the Fourth-of-July vacation in mind, charge through the Renaissance, setting the scenario for the
Baroque Quiz on Thursday --
Typical scales used in string music of the Baroque
D Major: 2 sharps... F# C#
D E F# G A B C# D
A Major: 3 sharps... F# C# G#
A B C# D E F# G# A
E Major: 4 sharps... F# C# G# D#
E F# G# A B C# D# E
E Minor: 1 sharp... F# (relative minor of G Major))
E F# G A B C D E
Three typical genres of the Baroque
Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II...
Opera
Overture
Recitative
Aria (Duet, Trio)...
Chorus...
Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast
Birth and death dates, and
three stylistic periods (city and type of music written) of
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal
Listening
[8567] Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (God in the House)
[8585] Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul
[8659] Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament (When I Am Laid in Earth)
[8678] Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria
[8685] G.F. Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah
[8685] J.S. Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("The Little")
---before heading homeward
towards hot times...
