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Macro Timeline |
| 1470 |
1597 |
1624 |
1626 |
1686 |
1700 |
1709 |
1760 |
1800 |
1806 |
| Weaver's 1st orchestra |
Gabrieli's
Sonata Pian e Forte |
Monteverdi's pizzicato and tremolo f/x |
1st permanent orchestra:
Le Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi
under Lois XIII |
Lully's string mute f/x |
Clarinet |
Piano |
Stopped Horn f/x |
End of basso continuo |
Trombones debut in Beethoven's 5th |
| Timeline - 1700-1800 |
| 1700 |
1730 |
1760 |
1778 |
1795 |
1800 |
| orchestra mainly used for opera |
1st orchestra pieces, .it overture form |
Haydn's 1st 40 symphonies used basso |
Mozart #31 "Paris" |
Haydn #100 |
Basso has vanished |
| ww consisted of .ob, due to Lully's military oboe band |
indroduces .cl, independent, divisi .vla |
| 4 parts, no standard orchestra, often consisted of .ob, .bn
[basso], .hn, .tpt+.tmp, .hpschd [basso] |
Symphony in 8 parts: 2.ob, 2.hn, 2.vn, 1.va, basso |
#6 introduces .fl |
Opens with Le premier coup d'archet |
Perc adds Triangle and Bass Drum, among others |
Standard Orchestra (a la Beethoven 3): 2222.2200.T.archi |
French Overture: slow/dotted rhythms|fast/imitative accompaniment
- II section style devised by Lully
Sinfonia: fast|slow|faster - III movement predecessor to Symphonic
form
Intermedii: pre-1600 practice of between-act commentaries on the
play being performed at festivals. Inspiration for Monteverdi's version
of Orfeo
Concert Spirituel: The opera was not allowed to play on Sundays/holy
days. The instrumentalists would instead perform purely instrumental
works. Mozart 31 was premiered at this event.
Symphony in 8 parts: 2ob, 2hn, 3 upper strings, basso
Clarino brass writing: allowed more notes to be played by natural
brass instruments. The higher notes are closer together in the overtone
series and facilitate the performance of more scale tones.
| Listening |
| year |
composer |
title/mvmt |
| 1605 |
Dowlan |
Lacrymae Antiquae |
| 1607 |
Monteverdi |
Orfeo/Overture, act IV |
| 1670 |
Lully |
from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Overture and Marche pour a ceremonie
des Turcs |
| 1692 |
Purcell |
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day |
| 17xx |
Bach |
Brandenburg concerto #2/ I, II |
| 17xx |
Gluck |
Orfeo/Overture, Quel noveua ciel pour ces lieux |
| 1761 |
Haydn |
#6/I |
| 1793 |
Haydn |
#100/II |
| 1778 |
Mozart |
#31/I |
| 1788 |
Mozart |
#40/I |
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Handel |
Music for the Royal Fireworks, Overture |
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Handel |
Water Music/ alla horn pipe, andante & allegro |
| 1804 |
Beethoven |
#3/II |
| 1824 |
Beethoven |
#9/IV |
| 18xx |
Weber |
Der Freischutz Overture |
| 1816 |
Rossini |
Barber of Seville Overture |
Point to your head and recite the abbreviation to Montana aloud. The
people around you should be nodding in agreement.
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