Project "Anima Veneziana". Antonio Vivaldi. Biography. Catalogue
... time) and was considered a great lover of Italian music, must have been an important figure in the city’s musical life during this, his third visit to Venice (he had been there briefly in both 1712 and 1713). The many musical homages and the number of works dedicated to him in the Serenissima are pr ...
... time) and was considered a great lover of Italian music, must have been an important figure in the city’s musical life during this, his third visit to Venice (he had been there briefly in both 1712 and 1713). The many musical homages and the number of works dedicated to him in the Serenissima are pr ...
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... Opera and church: Vivaldi wrote many religious works for the Pietà orphanage, culminating in his second oratorio, Juditha triumphans (Judith triumphant, 1716). Meanwhile, he got into opera as a theater manager and a composer. Publishing wizard: Between 1723 and 1729, Vivaldi was contracted to supply ...
... Opera and church: Vivaldi wrote many religious works for the Pietà orphanage, culminating in his second oratorio, Juditha triumphans (Judith triumphant, 1716). Meanwhile, he got into opera as a theater manager and a composer. Publishing wizard: Between 1723 and 1729, Vivaldi was contracted to supply ...
Apr 2003 programme note
... aeternam, and written out in full the vocal parts and basso continuo of the Kyrie, and of the Dies Irae and Confutatis in the Sequenz, for which he had also written the first eight bars for vocal parts and basso continuo, with the first two bars notated for violins and viola. Of the Offertorium, onl ...
... aeternam, and written out in full the vocal parts and basso continuo of the Kyrie, and of the Dies Irae and Confutatis in the Sequenz, for which he had also written the first eight bars for vocal parts and basso continuo, with the first two bars notated for violins and viola. Of the Offertorium, onl ...
Classical Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
... Once, during a concert, he heard a nobleman start talking. Beethoven looked up and stopped playing. He said, “For such pigs I do not play!” and refused to start again. Back then, many wealthy people listened to music for entertainment. Some would even become patrons2 of the musicians. In Beethoven’s ...
... Once, during a concert, he heard a nobleman start talking. Beethoven looked up and stopped playing. He said, “For such pigs I do not play!” and refused to start again. Back then, many wealthy people listened to music for entertainment. Some would even become patrons2 of the musicians. In Beethoven’s ...
Roel Dieltiens, enrico gatti Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini
... which, imported into Italy the Teutonic craze to ruin good taste, to this very day enjoy, by what blindness or fanaticism I know not, so much applause in the Academies… 1. ...
... which, imported into Italy the Teutonic craze to ruin good taste, to this very day enjoy, by what blindness or fanaticism I know not, so much applause in the Academies… 1. ...
INACCURACIES The conflict that AMADEUS is based around is a
... Was Mozart divinely inspired? A forged letter describes how Mozart’s inspiration descended upon him as if from a lightning bolt from God, and supports a common misconception that Mozart was able to compose music in his head and notate it perfectly afterwards. This myth both belittles Mozart’s strug ...
... Was Mozart divinely inspired? A forged letter describes how Mozart’s inspiration descended upon him as if from a lightning bolt from God, and supports a common misconception that Mozart was able to compose music in his head and notate it perfectly afterwards. This myth both belittles Mozart’s strug ...
Salzburg and Mozart
... the centuries; just a few steps away from the little town-hall, Getreidegasse broadens out into a small square. And it was here, on 27th January, 1756, in house number nine, the home of his parents, Leopold and Anna Maria, that Mozart first saw the light of day. In all, seven children were born to t ...
... the centuries; just a few steps away from the little town-hall, Getreidegasse broadens out into a small square. And it was here, on 27th January, 1756, in house number nine, the home of his parents, Leopold and Anna Maria, that Mozart first saw the light of day. In all, seven children were born to t ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
... grant any favours. Leopold, pushing his son, had now become an embarrassment. Over exposure can be irritating. The Mozarts wanted to ‘move on’ saying that there was such limited scope for Wolfgang in Salzburg, whereas the truth is probably that the ‘Mozart thing’ had been done to death. And, of cour ...
... grant any favours. Leopold, pushing his son, had now become an embarrassment. Over exposure can be irritating. The Mozarts wanted to ‘move on’ saying that there was such limited scope for Wolfgang in Salzburg, whereas the truth is probably that the ‘Mozart thing’ had been done to death. And, of cour ...
1 Book review: Schulenberg, David. The Music of Wilhelm
... judgment, was a man of his time with a Riemannesque view of Viennese Classicism as a culmination, to which all previous developments led and by which they were to be judged. As far as Friedemann’s character is concerned, Falck is sensitive and sympathetic in interpreting the evidence. Of various bla ...
... judgment, was a man of his time with a Riemannesque view of Viennese Classicism as a culmination, to which all previous developments led and by which they were to be judged. As far as Friedemann’s character is concerned, Falck is sensitive and sympathetic in interpreting the evidence. Of various bla ...
In his time, Telemann was the most renowned of German musicians
... you already have a century-long tradition of this kind of hackwork. The original Grove article, by Alfred Maczewski, is the most venomous of all, and long-lived. I traced it through all the subsequent issues and found that in 1954, Grove was still using the old nineteenth-century article with very f ...
... you already have a century-long tradition of this kind of hackwork. The original Grove article, by Alfred Maczewski, is the most venomous of all, and long-lived. I traced it through all the subsequent issues and found that in 1954, Grove was still using the old nineteenth-century article with very f ...
Mozart PP - mshumanities
... Mozart’s Death There is still one final twist. In the early twentieth century the Salzburg Mozarteum was presented with a rather morbid gift: Mozart's skull. It was alleged that a gravedigger had rescued the skull during the 're-organization' of the composer's grave. Although scientific testing has ...
... Mozart’s Death There is still one final twist. In the early twentieth century the Salzburg Mozarteum was presented with a rather morbid gift: Mozart's skull. It was alleged that a gravedigger had rescued the skull during the 're-organization' of the composer's grave. Although scientific testing has ...
mozart bio - Russell County Schools
... conduct performances of his symphonies. The concerts were very well attended as Mozart enjoyed a unique connection with his audiences who were, in the words of Mozart biographer Maynard Solomon, “given the opportunity of witnessing the transformation and perfection of a major musical genre.” During ...
... conduct performances of his symphonies. The concerts were very well attended as Mozart enjoyed a unique connection with his audiences who were, in the words of Mozart biographer Maynard Solomon, “given the opportunity of witnessing the transformation and perfection of a major musical genre.” During ...
pour La Luth ò Cembal
... The presumption that the Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro was written for the luteharpsichord immediately raises a difficult question: if Bach wrote the work for the luteharpsichord and not the lute or harpsichord, why did he not specify it that way? Bach was certainly aware of the instrument's existence ...
... The presumption that the Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro was written for the luteharpsichord immediately raises a difficult question: if Bach wrote the work for the luteharpsichord and not the lute or harpsichord, why did he not specify it that way? Bach was certainly aware of the instrument's existence ...
Ludwig Van Beethoven
... German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string q ...
... German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string q ...
A RESEARCH ON FLUTE AND BASSOON PERFORMER
... 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. As in every new era, this period was developed as a reaction to the previous period. Baroque period’s complex spelling language structured with long sentences and often used by ornaments, left its place to a more plain and clear musical understandin ...
... 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. As in every new era, this period was developed as a reaction to the previous period. Baroque period’s complex spelling language structured with long sentences and often used by ornaments, left its place to a more plain and clear musical understandin ...
mozart
... Mozart’s Death There is still one final twist. In the early twentieth century the Salzburg Mozarteum was presented with a rather morbid gift: Mozart's skull. It was alleged that a gravedigger had rescued the skull during the 're-organization' of the composer's grave. Although scientific testing has ...
... Mozart’s Death There is still one final twist. In the early twentieth century the Salzburg Mozarteum was presented with a rather morbid gift: Mozart's skull. It was alleged that a gravedigger had rescued the skull during the 're-organization' of the composer's grave. Although scientific testing has ...
Mozart`s Death
... Mozart’s Death There is still one final twist. In the early twentieth century the Salzburg Mozarteum was presented with a rather morbid gift: Mozart's skull. It was alleged that a gravedigger had rescued the skull during the 're-organization' of the composer's grave. Although scientific testing has ...
... Mozart’s Death There is still one final twist. In the early twentieth century the Salzburg Mozarteum was presented with a rather morbid gift: Mozart's skull. It was alleged that a gravedigger had rescued the skull during the 're-organization' of the composer's grave. Although scientific testing has ...
Read the Article
... The first time I heard Alfred Schnittke’s music was at children’s music school: it was his Suite in the Old Style, a fairly easy piece to play and understand, notably the Minuet. I remember that one of the teachers, hearing me play the Minuet, said: “See, he can write normal music!” At that time I d ...
... The first time I heard Alfred Schnittke’s music was at children’s music school: it was his Suite in the Old Style, a fairly easy piece to play and understand, notably the Minuet. I remember that one of the teachers, hearing me play the Minuet, said: “See, he can write normal music!” At that time I d ...
Mozart - perezsouthpark
... music for a period of 20 minutes or more will temporarily raise your I.Q. up 20 points! This is called the Mozart Effect. (Since you have been listening to Mozart’s music for this presentation, you should all remember this information perfectly!) ...
... music for a period of 20 minutes or more will temporarily raise your I.Q. up 20 points! This is called the Mozart Effect. (Since you have been listening to Mozart’s music for this presentation, you should all remember this information perfectly!) ...
mozart`s requiem - Academy of Ancient Music
... more general one; to imagine oneself a late-eighteenth century Viennese composer with a knowledge of Mozart’s style, but not attempting to ape his musical physiognomy in every bar. It may reasonably be asked: Why bother to make a new version of Mozart’s Requiem, when, in its familiar guise, it has b ...
... more general one; to imagine oneself a late-eighteenth century Viennese composer with a knowledge of Mozart’s style, but not attempting to ape his musical physiognomy in every bar. It may reasonably be asked: Why bother to make a new version of Mozart’s Requiem, when, in its familiar guise, it has b ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
... old was Mozart when he wrote this piece? As the Battles of Lexington and Concord open the American War of Independence, Mozart was writing Il rè pastore (K. 208). Here is the Overture. Just before his death, Mozart wrote one of his most famous pieces, The Requiem. The Introitus is the beginning ...
... old was Mozart when he wrote this piece? As the Battles of Lexington and Concord open the American War of Independence, Mozart was writing Il rè pastore (K. 208). Here is the Overture. Just before his death, Mozart wrote one of his most famous pieces, The Requiem. The Introitus is the beginning ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Part 2 Making it in Vienna Back in
... concerts as soloist, presenting three to four new piano concertos in each season. Theater space for rent in Vienna was sometimes hard to come by, so Mozart booked himself in unconventional venues such as large rooms in apartment buildings and ballrooms of expensive restaurants. The year 1784, proved ...
... concerts as soloist, presenting three to four new piano concertos in each season. Theater space for rent in Vienna was sometimes hard to come by, so Mozart booked himself in unconventional venues such as large rooms in apartment buildings and ballrooms of expensive restaurants. The year 1784, proved ...
Chapter One
... (BWV 972–987), the editors, Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn and Ferdinand August Roitzsch, were able to name the source for only one of the transcriptions, which, at the time, were all considered to have been based on Vivaldi. “Original works by Vivaldi have long been musical rarities,” Dehn wrote in his pre ...
... (BWV 972–987), the editors, Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn and Ferdinand August Roitzsch, were able to name the source for only one of the transcriptions, which, at the time, were all considered to have been based on Vivaldi. “Original works by Vivaldi have long been musical rarities,” Dehn wrote in his pre ...