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BY: SATINE AMELIE
French Music
HISTORY OF MUSIC
The M iddle AgesThe Renaissance
The Baroque PeriodThe Classical PeriodThe Romantic Period
The Twentieth Century
THE MIDDLE AGES(450-1450)
The Gregorian ChantLatin text
Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee.
Monophonic textureFree flowing rhythm
CHURCH & MUSIC
•
St. Augustine (600) ~ Worried that the worshippers would be ‘more moved by the song than by what is sung.’
SACRED VS.
SECULAR
THE RENAISSANCE(1450-1600)
Humanism“Universal man”
Better pay and recognitionWord Painting
Polyphonic texturesFuller sound
THE BAROQUE PERIOD(1600-1750)
Time of unityOne mood
OperaPeople believed that music could
move the listener in more ways than one
Contrast of moodDynamic changes
Comique operaEnlightenment
Control over their music
THE CLASSICAL PERIOD(1750-1820)
FRENCH WRITERS ON NATURAL EXPRESSION IN MUSIC
“Nature and expression are the two primary qualities of music; …I have told you that the melody must travel to the auditor’s heart. But how does it get there? By way of the ear. The ear is, in music, the door to the heart. To open this door wide, to flatter the ear, is thus the musicians third task; but it is only the third. The requirements of being natural and being expressive come first.”-Jean-Laurent Lecerf de la Vieville.
Emotional OverloadIndividual style and expression
Timbre and chromatic harmonicsNationalism and Exoticism
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD(1820-1900)
HABANERA ”CARMEN”
Opening dialogueWhen will I love you?
Good Lord, I don't know,Maybe never, maybe tomorrow.But not today, that's for sure.
Percussion instruments Consonant and Dissonant
Major and MinorUnpredictability
Jazz, country, and other styles.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
(1900-1945)
THE STUDY OF EMOTION IN MUSIC
“Emotion and Meaning in Music” by Leonard B. Meyer 1956
“ Any discussion of the emotional response to music is faced at the very outset with the fact that very little is
known about this response and its relation to the stimulus. Evidence that is exists at all is based largely
upon the introspective reports of listeners and the testimony of composers, performers, and critics.”
EMOTION AND MOOD
Psychologist H.P. Weld“The emotional experiences which our
observers reported are to be characterized rather as moods than as emotions in the
ordinary sense of the term…The emotion is temporary and evanescent; the mood is
relatively permanent and stable.”
FRENCH WRITERS ON NATURAL EXPRESSION IN MUSIC
“To successfully paint the passions, you must study the movements that they inspire. For example, observe…what the voice does when it is overcome by sorrow, or struck by the sight of a shocking thing. There nature reveals herself to you; you have only to follow her.”-Francois Fenelon.
Mon Chien Sport!
MON CHIEN SPORT!
FRERE JACQUES
EnglishAre you sleeping, Are you
sleeping?
Brother John? Brother John?
Morning bells are ringing, Morning bells are ringing.
Ding dang dong, Ding dang dong.
FrenchFrere Jacques, Frere
Jacques
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines, Sonnez les matines
Ding Dang Dong, Ding Dang Dong
JENA LEE- ”MON ANGE”
I fade on my cloudMy blackened sky gives me the worst storms (hate your picture)Pluck the arrow that struck meSet my tears free, destroy me in order to keep meMy love has killed a part of me,Forgive me, but my love is youHelp me
Give me less attentionDo me bad without a reason,Say my name wrong,My angel, be my demonDon't love me foreverMy angel fool me one time,Be my beautiful disappointmentForget about the angel and become my demon
I need to find my blacknessTo feel aliveI lost myself seeking so much for happinessI'm not made for him
My life is on a cloudI have everything that a girl of my age could dream ofYet, my desires are blackWhen everything goes well I feel nothingMy happiness has killed a part of meForgive me, but my happiness is youHelp me