Musical Definitions from Pre-medieval to Baroque

First Practice – Palestrina: Angus Dei (1567) Text is dominated by music. Style of vocal polyphony modified by Zarlino Second Practice – Monteverdi, Madrigal: Cruda Amarilli (1605) Adventurous style of the modern Italians such as Monteverdi. Text dominated and dictated its musical setting. Sometimes called modern style, used dissonances more freely and broke many of the old rules of counterpoint in order to express the words more effectively. Da Capo Aria – Handel: V’adoro pupille from Giulio Cesare (1724) Two …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…solo singers chorus and instruments usually dramatic and on a biblical or religious subject Girolamo Mei – Monteverdi: L’orfeo (1607) Florentine Camerata. Favored monody. Florentine scholar who had edited a number of Greek tragedies believed the entire text including the actors parts should be sung not only the chorus. Sonata & Trio Sonata – Corelli: Trio Sonata Op3 No 2 (1689) Sonata a piece to be played on one or more instruments – Trio sonata evolved sonatas then had 3 separate movements.