These forms are thought to have first been combined in this way in Dafne (1597), composed by Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) who, along with his contemporaries, wanted to bring Greek dramas back to the stage. The Baroque period (1600-1750) of Western art music is considered to have begun ...
artistic style,idiom- the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" Adj.1. baroque- having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells churrigueresco,churrigueresque ...
Concerto became the most important orchestral genre during the period. While oratorio remained glued to its beginning of sacred religious vocal music. Each genre adding great composers to the already hefty list. Composer George Handel is most famous for the oratorio Messiah as well his opera Julius...
Besides, isn't it comforting to know that the work will always resolve, always end on a harmonic note, etc, rather than having to deal with the feeling of incompleteness you sometimes get with other genres of music? Byanon86494— On May 25, 2010 ...
(mostly in English) The Oratorio • a large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra • uses choruses, arias, duets, recitatives, and orchestral interludes – chorus acts as commentary • last approximately 2 hours The Oratorio • set to a narrative text • no ...
The full orchestral score (reproduced in line-cut facsimile) dates from 1738 and reflects Campra's revision from a five-part to a four-part string texture. To provide scholars and performers with complete access to the original work, an appendix to the edition offers a transcription of the ...
He favoured dramatic musical expression with the use of larger choral and orchestral forms and formulated such dances as the minuet, first danced by Louis as “Le Roi soleil” (the sun king), the gavotte, rigaudon, bourrée, passepied, and loure—each with its particular rhythmic metre. ...
Georg Muffat, and many others in Germany, as well as in orchestral concerti byAntonio Vivaldiand others in Italy. The composer Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer’sAriadne musica(1702), with preludes and fugues in pairs, in most of the possible keys, is a forerunner of Bach’sThe Well-Tempered...
From September 1687 until November 1690, Corelli was musical director at the Palazzo Pamphili, where he both performed in and conducted important musical events. Corelli was particularly skilled as a conductor and may be considered one of the pioneers of modern orchestral direction. He was frequently...
“Andante cantabile”), a string sextet, and a big-scale piano trio, often brought moments of orchestral sonority into his chamber music. ThePiano Trio, Opus 50, is a virtuosic work in two movements—one a lengthysonata form, and the other a set of brilliant variations—and is primarily ...