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

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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