Le coucou -Louis Claude Daquin

What are the dates for the baroque period?

What are the dates for the baroque period?

1600-1750

What were the popular forms of the baroque period?

ternary,binary and ritornello

What were some contemporaries of Daquin?

Vivaldi, Bach,Handel

What be the texture of this piece?

polyphonic

What were the characteristics of the Baroque period?

Baroque Characteristics-

• baroque music was ornate and elaborate

• generally 1 main mood, 1 main theme and 1 main rhythmic pattern

• Baroque pieces were generally performed with constant rhythmic pulse

• Pieces in the Baroque period would be polyphonic or multi-stranded

• Ornamentation was common

• Baroque music was performed with a clear sound often using detached notes

• Modulations are often related keys either up or down a 5th

• Pieces in minor keys ended with a tierce de picardie

What form is Le coucou in ?

ABACA aka rondo form

When was Daquin born?

1694

When did he die?

1772

What is the main key of this piece?

E minor

what does bar 25-43 modulate to?

G minor

What does bar 44-48 modulate to ?

A major

What does bar 48-70 modulate to?

B minor

What is a suite?

A suite is a collection of pieces that form a single work

What does Vif mean?

lively

staccato

short and detached

tenuto

held and slightly emphasised

mordent

note above,note itself, note below

lower mordent

note itslef, note below, note itself

appogiature

leaning note