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later classical composers (Handel, Haydn, and Mozart among them) borrowed it, as have pop musicians in recent times, such as Blues Traveler, Vitamin C, Coolio, and Jerry Chang. The full composition has served as background music in numer- ous TV commercials and films. Why such popularity? Likely the reason is a play of opposites that we find appealing: the regular, almost plodding basso ostinato provides a rock-solid foundation allowing the violin lines above to flutter and soar.
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Listening Cue
Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D major (c. 1690)
Form: Ostinato Texture: Polyphonic
Example 5.6 > pachelbel’s canon
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what to listen for: We can all hear the ostinato bass and harmony, but try to follow the unfolding of the canon; a violin will play a phrase, then another will repeat it, and another will repeat it again.
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Vivaldi and the Baroque Concerto
The concerto was to the Baroque era what the symphony would later become to the Classical period: the showpiece of orchestral music. A Baroque concerto
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