Dido and Aeneas
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Water Music Suite in D major
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Cantata No. 80
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Identify the following. Genre Composer Librettist First performance
English Opera Henry Purcell Nahum Tate 1689
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Describe Aria: "When I am laid in earth".
Key g minor...time sig: 3/2...ground bass employed: 5-measure pattern repeated eleven times...word painting -> descending melisma on "laid in earth", repetition of "remember me" on repeated-note motive
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Name the first, second, fifth, and eighth movements of Cantata No. 80.
1) First Movement: Choral Fugue.....2) Second Movement: Duet for Soprano and Bass.....3) Fifth Movement: Chorale for Unison Chorus.....4) Eighth Movement: Chorale
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Identify the following: key, tempo, time signature, for each of the 4 out of 8 movements.
1) A choral fugue; D major, Allegro, Common time ...2) Duet for Soprano and Bass; D major, Allegro, Common time 5) chorale for unison chorus; D major, Allegro, 6/8 time...8) Chorale; D major, Moderato, Common time
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Identify the following. Genre First performance Basis
Cantata, 1715, chorale by Martin Luther
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What is the source of plot?
Nahum Tate's Brutus of Alba, and the epic poem Aeneid by the ancient Roman poet Virgil
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Which parts of Dido and Aeneas do I need to remember?
Act 3, Final Scene: "Dido's Lament" (1) Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda (2) Aria: "When I am laid in earth"
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Identify the following for Water Music Suite in D major Allegro and Hornpipe: key, time signature, formal structure, and tempo.
"Allegro": D major, Common time, loose ABA1, Allegro "Hornpipe": D major, 3/2 time, ternary form(ABA1), Allegro
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Identify the following for Cantata No. 80. Structure Performing forces
eight movements; SATB soloists, SATB chorus, strings, continuo, and pairs of oboes
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What are the first, second, fifth, and eighth movements?
1) choral fugue 2) Duet for Soprano and Bass 5) chorale for unison chorus 8) chorale
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What key is the Recitative: "Thy hand, Belinda" and the Aria: "When I am laid in earth" in?
Thy hand, Belinda: c minor; When I am laid in earth: g minor
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Identify the following for Water Music. Genre Composer First performance Overall structure
Orchestral suite, Handel, 1717, 22 movements arranged in three suites
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Describe what happens in "Allegro" of Water Music.
Regal atmosphere convey through brass instruments; ascending motive outlines tonic triad and answered by descending scale passages. Section B becomes more active with brass and strings in dialogue. Section A returns and is shortened. A brief improvisatory passage in cadenza style links to next movement.
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Describe what happens in the first movement: choral fugue.
Each phrase is presented as a fugal exposition. The opening tenor melody is an embellished version of original chorale. Brief interludes connect each fugal exposition. Canon and augmentation are featured. When second and fourth phrases are presented, phrases one and three serve as countersubjects. There is chromatic dissonance on the words, "dreadful plans" (word painting).
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Describe the second movement: duet for soprano and bass.
The bass begins with an elaborately intricate countermelody featuring long melismas. Unison strings play agitate 16th-note figure throughout. Oboe plays along with soprano its own decorated version of chorale.
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Describe what happens during the Recitative: "Thy hand, Belinda".
key: c minor... recitativo secco accompanied by continuo only...word painting --> descending vocal line symbolizes death and grief...melisma on "darkness" and chromaticism on "death"
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Describe the plot summary.
Aeneas, the Trojan Prince is shipwrecked on the shore of Carthage and meets Dido who is the Queen. They fall in love but Aeneas is destined to be the founder of Rome so he must continue on his quest. Dido is overcome with grief and kills herself in the final scene of the opera. The flames of her funeral pyre light the harbor as Aeneas' ship departs.
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Describe what happens in "Hornpipe" of Water Music.
Section A: D major, begins with bold, ascending figure; prominent use of syncopation, repeated-note motive treated sequentially, high brass imitated by low brass........Section B: b minor, less active, features the repeated-note figure from Section A, absence of brass creates contrast. Section A returns.
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Describe the eighth movement: chorale.
Luther's melody is presented in original form by sopranos, with harmonic support from altos, tenors, basses; instruments of orchestra double the vocal parts.
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Identify the following. Librettist Language of text English translation of title
Salomo Franck, German, A mighty fortress is our God
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Name the principal characters, their voice type and description?
1) Dido, soprano, Queen of Carthage 2) Aeneas, baritone, Trojan Prince, founder of Rome 3) Belinda, soprano, Dido's lady in waiting 4) Sorceress, mezzo soprano...and choruses of courtiers, sailors, cupids, and witches
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What are the performing forces of Water Music?
Baroque orchestra: strings, continuo, trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons
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What affect do brass instruments create?
A regal atmosphere
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How are "Allegro" and "Hornpipe" similar in Water Music?
Both are in ternary form (Allegro is in loose ABA1), both begin in D major, Allegro tempo.
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Describe the fifth movement: chorale for unison chorus.
In unison, strings and oboes play a melodic figure based on opening of chorale melody; trumpets add grand effect; all 3 types of oboes used; SATB chorus sings in unison; march-like effect suits text; throughout movement, instruments recall opening chorale in diminution
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