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Variation, musical

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Author(s): Bork, Camilla
1. ConceptThe etymology of the word “variation” (from the Latin  variatio, “difference,” “change”) reveals a three-fold meaning. It relates to (1) an aesthetic ideal (variegation); (2) a musical form and compositional technique of making variations on a given theme; (3) a performance situation or practice in which these changes are made audible.Camilla Bork2. Aesthetic ideal in musicVariation in ancient rhetoric was one of the fundamental stylistic tools of a good orator. In the 17th century, this rhetorical tradition found its way into writings o…
Date: 2023-11-14

Serenade

(786 words)

Author(s): Bork, Camilla
1. DefinitionA serenade is a musical piece with the function of wooing or paying amorous homage. Three dimensions of meaning are apparent from the etymology: the context of time of day (Italian  sera, “evening”), which explicitly defines the serenade as evening music; the prescription of the musical character as simple, cheerful, and unaffected (Latin  serenus, “serene”), and customs of performance practice, in which the serenade was performed outdoors (Italian  al sereno, “in the open air”) [4].On the one hand, the serenade is a musical genre with its own composition …
Date: 2021-08-02

Suite

(1,701 words)

Author(s): Bork, Camilla
1. ConceptSuite (from the Latin  sequi, “follow,” via the French suite, “sequence”) was first used in English to denote a (pursuing) train of followers or attendants. Later, various French senses of suite as “set” were adopted too (e.g. a set/suite of rooms, furniture, illustrations), although the earlier borrowing from the same French word, “suit,” was retained in other senses (e.g. a set/suit of clothes or cards; a legal suit, that is, pursuit or obligation). In the stricter musical sense, a suite is usually a sequence of d…
Date: 2022-08-17