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Spanish Literature: From Renaissance to Baroque

Mannerism

As a movement of transition between the Renaissance and Baroque, Mannerism was used to define elaborate artists' works. This current arises as a reaction to classicism, characterized by the rejection of rigid rules and the free use of forms. Based on literary theory, a clear example is in the sonnets of Góngora and Lope.

Baroque

There was a great development of poetry. Everything could be poetic material. It is a poetry of contrasts because there is a meditative face, a difficult and misleading world, and almost every issue addressed from a mock perspective. Sonnet and romance are common forms.

The essential feature of the Baroque mentality is distrust in itself. Topics such as disappointment

romantic mentality
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Music Fundamentals: Understanding Sound

Understanding Sound Intensity

Intensity is the degree of force with which a sound is played.

Exploring Timbre

Sounds differ in timbre.

Musical Alterations: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals

Alterations are signs that change the pitch of a sound. These include:

• Sharp (#): Raises the pitch by one semitone.
• Flat (b): Lowers the pitch by one semitone.
• Natural (♮): Cancels a previous sharp or flat, restoring the original pitch.

The Role of Musical Rests

Silences (rests) are signs that represent the absence of sound for a specific duration.

Musical Notes and Their Duration

Figures (notes) are signs that represent the duration of sounds.

Prolonging Musical Notes: Ties, Dots, and Fermatas

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Francesc Vicenç Garcia and Baroque Poetry

Francesc Vicenç Garcia mastered morality in his poetry with a marked ironic slant. His poem regarding the lady who left an imprint is particularly representative of Baroque poetry, although it follows a long tradition. The fact that Francesc Vicenç Garcia’s lady is a discordant feature regarding the canons of female beauty in the classical descriptio puellae—where the lady was traditionally blonde—is significant. Chromatic elements are in play: the jarring black contrasts with canonical white metaphors. The hair is jet, the skin is ivory, and the neck is like snow. This pure play of contrasts is a metaphor for the passion of love that overcomes the lover, who observes the scene amazed (v. 9)... Continue reading "Catalan Baroque Poetry and Modernist Theater Trends" »

Morphosyntactic Resources

• Anaphora: Repetition of a word at the beginning of each verse.
• Parallelism: Repetition of structures.
• Anadiplosis: Repetition of the last word at the end and beginning of a verse.
• Concatenation: Several anadiplosis in a row.
• Epanadiplosis: Repetition of a word at the beginning and end of the verse.
• Pun: Repetition of words by reversing the order.
• Chiasmus: Repetition in which there is a cross-distribution of elements in the same structure.
• Hyperbaton: Changing the natural order of a sentence.
• Pun: Repetition of words that sound alike, and at least one of which is composed of two terms.
• Epithet: Adjective that expresses a quality of the accompanying noun.
• Pleonasm: Redundancy through repetition, i.e., adding unnecessary terms.

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Classification of Voices

Sorting a voice involves designating the category to which it belongs, its size, timbre, and power, in order to determine the appropriate roles and song types.

Sexual Classification

• Female voice: The larynx and vocal cords are smaller, so the sound is about an octave higher than that of men.
• Male voice: The larynx and vocal cords are larger than women's, resulting in a deeper sound.
• Child's voice: The larynx is smaller; the voice moves or changes during puberty.
• Asexual voice: A male voice with a feminine timbre.

Classification According to Tessitura

Tessitura refers to the set of tones in which a person sings with ease:

• High voice: Soprano, tenor, childish voice.
• Middle voice: Mezzo-soprano, baritone.
• Deep voice: Alto, bass.

Classification

**Literary Devices**

• Alliteration: The repetition of the same sounds.
• Anaphora: The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of each line or each prayer.
• Paronomasia: Aesthetic appeal is achieved by placing near paronym words and, almost always, alliteration.
• Epanadiplosis: Repeating the same word at the beginning and end of a verse, or a syntactic period, in prose.
• Hyperbaton: Disturbing the logic of the sentence.
• Parallelism: Repetition of syntactic structures or similar elements.
• Concatenation: When a syntactic structure starts with the same word that completed the previous structure.
• Metaphor: An identification that leads from the concrete and visual to the abstract and transcendent.
• Metaphorical language: Establishing an identity between

Romanticism and the Renaixença

Romanticism (from French: *roman* - novel) is based on overwhelming feelings. Born in Germany, [Romanticism] dislikes the climate where it lives and needs to flee. It is a period of cultural and artistic movements, [like] the Renaixença, Romanticism, and Realism. This movement swept across Europe in the early and late 19th century. 1833 is considered the starting point of the Renaixença, with the publication of Bonaventura Carles Aribau's ode, "La Pàtria" (The Homeland) in the journal *El Vapor*. It culminates with the restoration of the Jocs Florals (Floral Games). The term designates:

1. The period between Decadence and Modernism.
2. A cultural movement and nationalist awareness.

Key points highlighted include:

• Reconstructing

Melody

The line is sleek and melodic with little ornamentation, featuring a clear structure within a sixteen-bar phrase.

Alberti Bass

An accompaniment style where the piano is played with the left hand, arpeggiating the chords.

Religious Vocal Music

Continues previous forms such as masses, motets, and oratorios.

Secular Music

Gluck sets the foundation for modern opera. Mozart's opera brings everyday human behavior and character to the stage. The Austrian composer Joseph Haydn entered the cathedral in Vienna as a boy. After years of training, he entered the service of the Esterházy family in 1761, for whom he worked exclusively until 1790. He traveled to London with great success and is considered the father of the symphony, as he established its... Continue reading "Classical Music Era: Key Elements and Composers" »