PURCELL: SONATA FOR TRUMPTET AND STRINGS IN D MAJOR Z.850 CONTEXT 0.0 / 5 ? MusicWESTERN CLASSICAL TRADITION SET WORKSA2/A-levelAQA Created by: AnnabellPCreated 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 1 of 6 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 2 of 6 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 3 of 6 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 4 of 6 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 5 of 6 A SONATA NOT A CONCERTO? CONCERTO CAME IN 18TH CENTURY SONATA - SINGLE INSTRUMENT OR SMALL ENSEMBLE WITH MORE THAN ONE MOVEMENT 6 of 6
PURCELL: SONTAT FOR TRUMPET AND STRINGS IN D MAJOR Z.850 - BAR BY BAR THRID MOVEMENT - ALLEGRO 0.0 / 5
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