In Baroque music, a pastorale is a movement of a melody in thirds over a drone bass, recalling the Christmas music of pifferari, players of the traditional Italianbagpipe (zampogna) and reed pipe (piffero). Pastorales are generally in 6/8 or 9/8 or 12/8 metre, at a moderate tempo. They resemble a slowed-down version of a tarantella, encompassing many of the same rhythms and melodic phrases.
Common examples include the last movement of Corelli's Christmas Concerto (Op.6, No.8), the third movement of Vivaldi's Spring concerto from The Four Seasons, the Pifa movement of Handel's Messiah, the first movements of Bach's Pastorale (BWV 590) for organ, and the Sinfonia that opens part II of his Christmas Oratorio as an introduction to the angelic announcement to the shepherds. Scarlatti wrote some examples in his keyboard sonatas, and many other composers in the transition between the baroque and classical eras, particularly French (Marc-Antoine Charpentier), used this technique. Rossini famously included a Pastorale section in his William Tell Overture. The Italian pastorale Tu scendi dalle stelle, sometimes called "Carol of the Bagpipers" (Canzone d'i zampognari), is a widely popular Christmas carol by St. Alfonso Liguori, and Pietro Yon's Gesù bambino is another.
Pastorales are still played in the regions of Southern Italy where the zampogna continues to thrive. The pastorale can be played by a solo zampogna player, sometimes also accompanied by the piffero (also commonly called a ciaramella, pipita, or bifera), which is a primitive key-less, double-reed, oboe-type instrument.
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^Britten Austin, Paul. The Life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman: Genius of the Swedish Rococo. Allhem, Malmö American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, 1967. ISBN978-3-932759-00-0. Pages 153–155
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pastorale, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, sch. For other uses see Pastorale disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pastorale news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pastorale refers to something of a pastoral nature in music whether in form or in mood Sheet music for Carl Michael Bellman s Fredman s Epistle 80 Liksom en Herdinna hogtids kladd one of several pastorales in the 1790 collectionIn Baroque music a pastorale is a movement of a melody in thirds over a drone bass recalling the Christmas music of pifferari players of the traditional Italian bagpipe zampogna and reed pipe piffero Pastorales are generally in 6 8 or 9 8 or 12 8 metre at a moderate tempo They resemble a slowed down version of a tarantella encompassing many of the same rhythms and melodic phrases Common examples include the last movement of Corelli s Christmas Concerto Op 6 No 8 the third movement of Vivaldi s Spring concerto from The Four Seasons the Pifa movement of Handel s Messiah the first movements of Bach s Pastorale BWV 590 for organ and the Sinfonia that opens part II of his Christmas Oratorio as an introduction to the angelic announcement to the shepherds Scarlatti wrote some examples in his keyboard sonatas and many other composers in the transition between the baroque and classical eras particularly French Marc Antoine Charpentier used this technique Rossini famously included a Pastorale section in his William Tell Overture The Italian pastorale Tu scendi dalle stelle sometimes called Carol of the Bagpipers Canzone d i zampognari is a widely popular Christmas carol by St Alfonso Liguori and Pietro Yon s Gesu bambino is another The Swedish poet and performer Carl Michael Bellman s song collection Fredman s Epistles contain several pastorales including Liksom en Herdinna hogtids kladd Like a Shepherdess Solemnly Dressed which begins with a near paraphrase of the start of Nicolas Boileau Despreaux s French guide to the construction of pastoral verse 1 Pastorales are still played in the regions of Southern Italy where the zampogna continues to thrive The pastorale can be played by a solo zampogna player sometimes also accompanied by the piffero also commonly called a ciaramella pipita or bifera which is a primitive key less double reed oboe type instrument References Edit Britten Austin Paul The Life and Songs of Carl Michael Bellman Genius of the Swedish Rococo Allhem Malmo American Scandinavian Foundation New York 1967 ISBN 978 3 932759 00 0 Pages 153 155 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pastorale amp oldid 1015540772, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
