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It may surprise you to know that any combination of instrumentscan be used for chamber music. The strings, woodwinds, and piano are so often associated with chambermusic and... uh... they remain the most popular, even today, but chamber music has been writtenfor other instruments as well....
The golden age of Baroque instrumental music began with orchestral combinations like the one Monteverdi used in his opera Orfeo. The orchestra for Orfeo consisted of two harpsichords, two contrabasses, twelve members of the violin family, a double harp, two pipe organs, four trombones, two ...
The use of sophisticated details and ornamentation used widely in Baroque visual arts can be heard in the music of the period as well — for example, in the use of different techniques to add finer details to the music. Another prevalent characteristic of Baroque music is the so-called basso...
Here are some of the times the music of Bach and Beethoven has added wonderfully to the adventures of Bluey and Bingo.
Read about Swing era music. Learn the definition of Swing music. Learn about the characteristics of Swing instruments and Swing music and explore...
A sonata is a musical composition for one or more instruments that typically contains three sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. Sonatas originated in the Baroque period and were typically written for keyboard instruments such as the piano or harpsichord. Sonatas are similar...
The sackbut was invented around the 1450s during the Renaissance, where they were frequently used in church and ceremonial music, and the oldest surviving instrument dates from 1551.Trombones in the Present Lesson Summary Register to view this lesson Are you a student or a teacher? I am a ...
During the Baroque music era, the lute was used as one of the instruments which played the basso continuo accompaniment parts. ... The player of a lute is calleda lutenist, lutanist or lutist, and a maker of lutes (or any similar string instrument, or violin family instruments) is refer...