Sunday, March 22, 2015

Listening Journal - Monteverdi

Monteverdi - L'Orfeo (Toccata)


Musical Elements

Timbre: Aerophone 
Texture: Homophonic/Polyphonic
Tonality: Major 
Meter: Duple Simple
Rhythm: Syncopation 

Structure 

Stropic

Authentic Cadences

Ritornellos

Context

Brass ensemble 

Early Baroque but also late Renaissance

Secular (Greek mythology)

Music from an opera based off of the Greek legend Orpheus

16th Century

Serves as a prelude to the opera

Instrumental piece 






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