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Music and Art for Eastertide: its context from the Renaissance to Romanticism
<p>Eastertide, one of the major festivals of the year, always gives rise to superb music & art, both sacred & secular throughout Europe. Come & enjoy this varied selection of great
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Eastertide, one of the major festivals of the year, always gives rise to superb music & art, both sacred & secular throughout Europe. Come & enjoy this varied selection of great celebratory music & its contexts: from Orlando di Lasso in Renaissance Munich, to Handel in Italy & London, Vivaldi in Venice, Alessandro Scarlatti in Rome, J.S. Bach in Leipzig, C.P.E. Bach in Hamburg, Mozart in Salzburg, & Rimsky-Korsakov in Imperial Russia. Instrumental & vocal works will be included – an overture, sinfonias, motets, arias, choruses, antiphons, & extracts from two Easter oratorios.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face
COURSE OUTLINE
- Orlando di Lasso and Renaissance art and architecture in Italy and Germany
- Handel and Easter during the 18th century – Italy and London
- Vivaldi and Easter in Venice
- Scarlatti and Easter in Rome
- J.S. Bach and Easter in Central Germany
- C.P.E. Bach and Easter in Hamburg
- Mozart and Easter in Salzburg
- Rimsky-Korsakov and Easter in Imperial Russia
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Appreciate the differing and varied music and art created over the centuries celebrating Eastertide
- Distinguish the major stylistic traits of the music and art discussed
- Note the fascinating links between secular and sacred music and art created for Eastertide
- Assess the cultural importance of this music and art and its reflection of the changing attitudes and priorities of society
