music songwriting

MUA 1930. Assignment 5 (Baroque I). 1. Johan Sebastian Bach, Toccata for organ in D minor (listen up to 2’ 25” only). This piece is discussed in this week’s lecture. Bach, who was an organist, wrote a lot of virtuosic organ music to show off his talent. By the way, the shapes colored orange and green represent notes performed with the feet (organs have a keyboard for the feet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWi8tOf5FA Answer the following questions: • What is dramatic in this piece? (In other words: what is “baroque” about this piece?) Give three examples. 1. 2. 3. • What does “virtuosic music” mean? 2. Vivaldi, Concerto for violin and orchestra, “Summer” (from The Seasons). 3rd movement. As you learned in the lecture, a concerto is a piece that features a soloist (in this case, the violin), accompanied by an orchestra. The last movement is fast, as should be expected. In this movement, Vivaldi recreates a summer storm. Listen to the piece and answer the following questions: • What is the precise moment the violin soloist enters the song? (indicate minute/second) • How does Vivaldi portray (musically) the summer storm? • What type of musical technique is Vivaldi using between 1’06” and 1’ 17”? (tip: Vivaldi used the same thing in the “Winter,” the concerto discussed in the lecture). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obo4ewznBLM