PURCELL: SONATA FOR TRUMPTET AND STRINGS IN D MAJOR Z.850 CONTEXT

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  • Created by: AnnabellP
  • Created on: 13-10-17 08:40

THE COMPOSER

  • HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
  • GREATEST ENGLISH COMPOSER OF GENERATION
  • LAST MAJOR COMPOSER BORN IN BRITAIN TILL ELGAR 1857
  • BORN & DIED LONDON
  • BOY CHORISTER AT CHAPEL ROYAL
  • COURT COMPOSER TO CHARLES II
  • ORGANIST AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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THE COMPOSER

  • ENGLAND FINDING NEW CONFIDENCE & PROSPERITY
  • TURMOIL OF ENGLISH CIVIL WAR IN MIDDLE OF 17TH CENTURY ENDED
  • OLIVER CROMWELL IN POWER TILL RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN 1660
  • LONDON BECAME LESS INSULAR
  • FRENCH & ITALIAN FASHIONS POPULAR
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THE COMPOSER

  • PURCELL'S MUCH IS VERY DISTINCTIVE
  • FLAMBOYANCE AND SPIRIT
  • UNUSUAL HARMONIC TWISTS CAN LEAD TO MUSIC OF GREAT EMOTIONAL POWER
  • DIED AT 36
  • REMARKABLY PROLIFIC
  • CHURCH, THEATRE, ROYALTY AND DOMESTIC HOME
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THE 17TH CENTURY TRUMPET

  • NOT LIKE TODAY
  • VALVES OF MODERN TRUMPET DID NOT EXIST
  • HAD TO CHANGE NOTES BY CHANGING POSITION OF LIPS
  • NOTES IN HARMONIC SERIES ONLY AVAILABLE - D, D, A , D, F#, A, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D
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THE 17TH CENTURY TRUMPET - IMPACT ON MUSIC

  • WELL-SHAPED MELODY - TRUMPET PLAY HIGH IN ORDER TO MAKE ALL NOTES AVAILABLE
  • TIRING ON LIPS - HAVE TO BE TENSE TO GENERATE SHORT WAVELENGTHS
  • LOTS OF RESTS FOR TRUMPET PLAYERS
  • LOW REGISTER - MEODY BUILT AROUND TONIC ARPEGGIO
  • CHARACTER - ARTICULATION WITH RAPID REPEATING NOTES - END OF PUCELL#S SONATA
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A SONATA NOT A CONCERTO?

  • CONCERTO CAME IN 18TH CENTURY
  • SONATA - SINGLE INSTRUMENT OR SMALL ENSEMBLE WITH MORE THAN ONE MOVEMENT
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