Instrumental Ensemble Practice in the 17th century France

Here is my article:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/842034?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
(For the first time, you can even read it for free on the website!)

And 5 interesting words from it:


Dilettante  - a person who play the musical instruments or paints as an amateur, without any theoretical preparing.
In the past there were many dilettantes who played the musical instruments for fun.
Recently, being dilettante turned out to be a dishonour.
Transverse flute - a type of wooden flute used mainly in the Baroque era.
It is not popular to play the transverse flute nowadays.
You can find transverse flutes in the museums of history of instruments.
Spinet - an instrument, used mainly in the 17th century, as a smaller version of harpsichord.
If I had been born in the 17th century, I would have probably played the spinet.
I find spinet as one of the most interesting music instruments.
Polyphonic - about a musical composition: written in a way that every voice has an independent melodic line.
Polyphonic music of the 16th century is regarded as the finest way of composing in the hisory of music.
Every singer knows how difficult the polyphonic music is to sing.
Provenance - an origin of sth, the place where sth arrived.
Very often a provenance  of the piee is not known.
Discovering a provenance of the source can be crucial in the research.

Bach Beethoven Brahms

The Big Trio.
Let's see what people thought about that idea at the beginning of the 20th century!

The article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwDJIHI_x7ddMGI0LUp2NnltSHc/view?usp=sharing
My source:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/738416?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=bach&searchText=beethoven&searchText=brahms&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dbach%2Bbeethoven%2Bbrahms%26amp%3Bacc%3Doff%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dnone&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

And a list of new vocabulary items:

Spellbound – shocked and fascinated by sth really great

I saw her and stood spellbound. I coulnd't stop looking on her!

I read your last book and I am spellbound. It's so great that you can't stop read it.

Grandeur – a fact of being very good and important

You should acknowledge a grandeur of Bach's music.

Looking on the grandeur of Bach's music, I reckon that history of music wouldn't exist without him.

Exaltation – a behavior of showing your feeling in a exaggerated way.

I can't handle her exaltation – it is a parody of showing feelings.

You talk with exaltation and it is very rude, because you behave as you shouted on people. You need to keep calm.

Martyrdom – a fact of murdering a person because of their religious beliefs.

The fact of martyrdom of so many people because of his religion is horrible.

He was killed because he didn't want to recant his beliefs – it is a martyrdom for me.

Adherent (n) – a person who believes in some dogma or idea and thinks that they are true.

I am an adherent of punishment for smacking children.

I know her, she is an adherent of Conservatives.  

Between oratorio and sacred opera

 Well, it's opera:

And it's oratorio:

Can you see the difference?
Great, oratorio is like opera, but without any costumes and spectacular additional "things".
So, now let me explain you something.
The difference between opera and oratorio is easy to recognise and describe in one sentence, but it's not for musicologists.
Who is a musicologst? Here you go:
http://nonsensopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Muzykolog (in Polish, I'm sorry for this, but it's so perfect)

We like complicated. Complicated is good.

Now you'll understand better this short article (20 pp.) about the difference between one of the types of opera and oratorio in a short distance of time.

Enjoy!

PS. It was a plan to write a post about history of opera, explaining everything in a way that we, musicologists, like, but it appears that not this time. Sorry again.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwDJIHI_x7ddWjVNem5kNmxvQjA/view?usp=sharing

...and my source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/765929?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=oratorio&searchText=and&searchText=sacred&searchText=opera&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Doratorio%2Band%2Bsacred%2Bopera%26amp%3Bacc%3Doff%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dnone&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

...And also some words from the text:

Anachronistic – not adequate to the period of time we talk about.

Are you aware of the fact that you use an anachronistic language?

The costumes in the movie are anachronistic, they couldn't have existed that time.

Impresario – a person who is responsible for creating a programme as well as for the economical stuff in the opera theatre, esp. In the 17^th and 18^th century.

Handel didn't stage Ariodante because of teh argument with opera's impresario.

He was an impresario in San Cassiano.

Harpsichord – an instrument, similar to piano, used commonly in the 17^th and 18^th century.

I've learned playing harpsichord for 12 years.

She's well known harpsichord player.

Explicit – stated in a very clear, easy to understand way.

Her speech was definitely explicit.

The explicit claim formulated in the article made me think about it.

Prominent – outstanding and brilliant, better than others.

Your homework is prominent, you get A from me.

His prominent BA thesis is even published.