Four and Twenty Fiddlers
Author: Peter Holman
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 491
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Author: Peter Holman
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 491
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Holman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 546
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe royal string band at the English court had its origins in a six-man viol consort from Italy brought to England by Henry VIII in the spring of 1540. This book, written by the director of the acclaimed early music group, The Parley of Instruments, charts the history of the royal string band from its beginnings to the time of Purcell. Drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence, much of it new, Holman considers the previous history of instrumentalists at court and recounts the band's establishment at court in the context of the violin's place in sixteenth-century Europe. The first thorough treatment of this subject, Holman's book will be welcomed for the light it sheds on large areas of music history.
Author: Esther Singleton
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Holman
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 1783274565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow was large-scale music directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in the 1830s?
Author: William Sandys
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 418
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles E. Brewer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-12-05
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1351887599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on primary sources, many of which have never been published or examined in detail, this book examines the music of the late seventeenth-century composers, Biber, Schmeltzer and Muffat, and the compositions preserved in the extensive Moravian archives in Kromeriz. These works have never before been fully examined in the cultural and conceptual contexts of their time. Charles E. Brewer sets these composers and their music within a framework that first examines the basic Baroque concepts of instrumental style, and then provides a context for the specific works. The dances of Schmeltzer, for example, functioned both as incidental music in Viennese operas and as music for elaborate court pantomimes and balls. These same cultural practices also account for some of Biber's most programmatic music, which accompanied similar entertainments in Kromeriz and Salzburg. The many sonatas by these composers have also been misunderstood by not being placed in a context where it was normal to be entertained in church and edified in court. Many of the works discussed here remain unpublished but have, in recent years, been recorded. This book enhances our understanding and appreciation of these recordings by providing an analysis of the context in which the works were first performed.
Author: SONGSTER
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Published: 1794
Total Pages: 8
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