Galant Bassline
Creator:
Orion Chamber Orchestra
Description:
Detaching the bass line from the melody and using repeated notes instead of contrapuntal ideas was a compositional technique commonly used in 18th century galant style music. This excerpt shows a bass line that is doing just that. Often the bass repeats the same note throughout an entire bar, while the melody moves above without directly interacting with it.
Publisher:
Orion Chamber Orchestra
Contributor:
Tommy Barttels
Rights:
Orion Label
Format:
.wav
Type:
Sound
Source:
Excerpt from Mvt. V, Allegro molto, of Johann Michael Haydn's Serenade in D.
Date:
1767
Location:
Troy, Michigan
Subject:
GALANT, GALANT BASSLINE
Original Format:
CD
Duration:
20 seconds