UCLA Description of Baroque Musical Aesthetics Questions

Question Description

Please respond to the questions below, in 1-2 paragraphs each. These questions are intended to help you listen and reflect on the music. Be as specific as possible with your answers, citing examples in the music (using time-stamps) to back up your points.

1. As we discussed in class, Claudio Monteverdi and Barbara Strozzi used dissonant harmony to portray the emotional content of the texts which they set to music in their works Cruda Amarilli and Lagrime mie, respectively. In EACH piece, identify ONE example of the composer’s use of dissonance as a form of text expression. Include time-stamps for each of these moments, and a specific discussion of the relationship that you hear between text and music. DO NOT use examples already discussed in lecture/listed on the lecture slides.

2. Discuss Baroque musical aesthetics in relation to 1) Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and 2) the architecture of the Green Room at Salons of the Hotel de Soubise in Paris (both discussed in lecture videos and available on the lecture slides). Be specific in your discussion, citing musical examples. (This takes a little bit of creative thinking to compare stylistic attributes across mediums!)

3. Discuss the role of the violin soloist(s) in the first movement of Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto from The Four Seasons and Boulogne’s Symphony Concertante in B-flat major. What is the role of virtuosity in the solo part(s) in each work? Cite specific examples from each piece, using time-stamps.

4. APPLICATION: We have discussed the concept of “musical form” in relation to the role of repetition in music. Choose a contemporary musical example that you listen to (of any genre) and in a few sentences, describe the musical form of the piece, as well as the role of repetition.

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