2/17 The Beggar’s OperaMusic and the Human Experience with Professor KattariExtra credit: add 5 classical songs and movie autobiography report due March 31Classical Review:- Orchestral suite – movements are names of dances- Concertos have lots of instruments – always go fast-slow-fast- Sonata – soloist and 3 or 4 instruments for continuo Johann Sebastian Bach- Contemporary of Handel- Had jobs in churches and courts throughout his life – religious music- 1723-1750 – music director for Leipzig’s churches o Composed, rehearsed, directed a new cantata for each Sunday and religious holiday- Cantatas – voices and orchestra, German, religious texto Movements: arias, recitatives, choruses, and chorales- Ein Feste Burg (1744) in-class cantata exampleo Composed for a festival for Reformationo 8 movements: Chorus-Aria-Recitative-Chorus-Recitative-Aria-Chorale- Oratorios are just for watching whereas cantatas are for everyone to participate and singo Both in vernacular and performed in churchSecularization of Religious Music- Josquin and Luther – pulled secular tunes into religious- Handel made religious music (oratorios) entertainment- Handel and Bach made secular styles- In the Classical Context (1750(when Bach died)-1820)o Enlightenment Period – knowledge over vanityo Classicism – revival of classical beliefs (Greek/Roman)ReviewLate Baroque (1700-1750)Classical (1750+)Composers Vivaldi, Corelli, Bach,HandelHaydn, Mozart, BeethovenCenters Italy, Germany, France, EnglandViennaInstrumentation String orchestra w/ continuo w/ harpsichordPianoforte, 4 permanent orchestralfamilies, larger because of balancing all the instrumentsMusical descriptionExtravagant, polyphonic, consistent mood “easy on the ear,” short, clean cadence, homophonic, contrast, conflict and resolution (reasoning/logic)Musical appeal -First instrumental music for entertainment-many still working for patrons-first public support-sheet music and lessons for amateurs-more accessible for all classes but still