working on an "arcicembal che fa il piano e il forte" ("harpsichord that plays both softly and loudly") as early as 1698. All of his surviving instruments date from the 1720s. Cristofori built only about 20 pianofortes before he died at age 75 in 1731‚ roughly 21 years after he invented the first pianoforte. The piano was founded on earlier technological innovations. In particular‚ it benefited from centuries of work on the harpsichord‚ which had shown the most effective ways to construct the
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French Horn v.s. Piano - Maxwell Miller The french horn and the piano were invented long ago and since then changes have been made to further improve the instruments and make them more suitable for playing music. These instruments are used very differently from each other in music while they both hold key roles. Both instruments are a challenge to learn and to master‚ and both have unique characteristics that make them difficult to play. The Horn was invented for the purpose of hunting
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MUAR 211 Concert Report 1 McGill Baroque Orchestra and McGill Cappella Antica I attended the concert of McGill Baroque Orchestra and McGill Cappella Antica on Wednesday‚ February 19‚ 2014‚ at 7:30 p.m. What special about this concert was the guest conductor and solo violinist Adrian Butterfield. The performed pieces were Welcome to all the pleasures‚ Leclair’s Violin Concerto in A major‚ Locatelli’s Introduzione teatrale in G major‚ C. P. E. Bach’s Sinfonia in C major and My heart is inditing
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Guide to Music History Part 1 – Introduction Whether you need to brush up on your knowledge of musical styles for your grade six music theory exam (or higher)‚ or are just keen to learn more about our rich heritage of “classical” music‚ I hope this new series of articles about the history of classical music will offer you something of interest. Here’s a quick introduction to the new series! Each article will take a brief look at one of the main eras that “classical” music is divided into. I’m using
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Purcell’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ Summarise the paragraphs in the square boxes and write your own ideas in the thought bubbles. Highlight any new information you come across‚ and summarise that in bullet points at the end. You could also add post-it notes with related points about Acis and Galathea around the outside. BACKGROUND This set work comes from the Baroque Era (c.1600-1750) This period in history witnessed a new exploration of ideas and innovations in the arts‚ literature and philosophy. Italy
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<http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/lute.htm>. 6. "The Lute Society of America — Home — What’s New?" Welcome to the Dartmouth Computer Science Department. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. <http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/index.html>. 7. "The LUTE-HARPSICHORD: A Forgotten Instrument." BAROQUE MUSIC PAGE: Biogs‚ Pictures‚ Music Samples. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. <http://www.baroquemusic.org/barluthp.html>.
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lord; shall be revea-led; and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the lord hath spoken it. The structure of the piece is based around these phrases. It uses a SATB choir arrangement along with many string instruments (Including the Harpsichord in the Continuo Bass)‚ creating a mainly homophonic texture‚ with a short monophonic texture at bars 108-109. The phrases also use imitation; this can be clearly seen at bar 19. The dynamics of the piece do not vary greatly‚ however it does go from
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GCSE OCR Music Notes Baroque (1600 – 1750) 1. Approx. date: 17th and 18th Centuries (1600 and 1750) 2. Instruments: Violin‚ Viola‚ Cello‚ Harpsichord‚ Organ‚ Recorder‚ Flute‚ Oboe 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Oratorio‚ Fugue‚ Suite‚ Sonata‚ Concerto 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered
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purpose of this response‚ we are focusing on the architect and musical style of the Baroque Era. Bach’s composition No. 5 (Brandenburg)‚ has polyphonic texture and uses the string and woodwind instrument family. You can hear the violins‚ flute‚ and harpsichord in this piece. The musical form of this piece is a three-part ritornello‚ and there are 3 movements. The movements go: (1) fast‚ (2) slow‚ and (3) fast. You can see the same type of texture used in the architect of the Town Hall in Munich‚ Germany
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Drang is associated with Classical music‚ and therefore shows that the piece was written in this time. Also‚ the instrumentation shows it was written in the classical period; it is scored for two oboes‚ two bassoons‚ horns‚ timpani‚ continuo (harpsichord) and a string section containing first and second violins‚ violas‚ cellos and double basses. This instrumentation is typical of the classical period orchestra‚ although a few are missing‚ eg flute.
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