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1708 In Music
The year 1708 in music involved some significant musical events and new works. Events *Alessandro Scarlatti returns to Naples from Venice. *Johann Sebastian Bach becomes organist and concert-master at the Weimar court. * Arcangelo Corelli returns to Rome and joins the household of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. Published popular music *''Lyra Davidica'' (hymns) * Isaac Watts, ''Hymns and Spiritual Songs'' Published classical music *Tomaso Albinoni – ''6 Sonate da chiesa'', T.So 26–31, Op. 4 * Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – ''Pièces de viole, Livre 1'' * Andre Campra – ''Cantates françoises'' * Francisco José de Castro – ''8 Concertos'', Op. 4 * Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1 * Pierre Du Mage – ''Livre d'orgue'' * Jean-Baptiste Stuck – ''Cantates françaises Livre II'' Classical music *Johann Sebastian Bach **'' Gott ist mein König'', BWV 71 **'' Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'', BWV 143 **Kyrie in F major, BWV 233a ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prelude (Toccata) And Fugue In E Major, BWV 566
Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in (C or) E major, BWV 566 is an organ work written by Johann Sebastian Bach probably during his 4 month-stay at Lübeck or afterwards in the winter of 1705–1706. It comprises five sections and is an early work in grand form of Bach. Its compositional form resembles that of Praeludia by Danish-German composer Dieterich Buxtehude. The first section alternates manual or pedal cadenzas with dense suspended chords. The second is a charming fugue with much repetition following the circle of fifths. The third section is a brief flourish for manuals, ending with an even briefer pedal cadenza punctuated with 9-voice chords. The fourth section, in time, is a second fugue with a rhythmic subject resembling the theme of the first fugue immediately followed by the fifth and final section that opens with a virtuous pedal-solo. Bach also wrote a transposed version of the piece in C major (BWV 566a), to play on organs tuned in meantone where E major would sound di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élisabeth Jacquet De La Guerre
Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (, née Jacquet, 17 March 1665 – 27 June 1729) was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer. Life and works Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (née Jacquet) was born on March 17, 1665, into a family of musicians and master instrument-makers in the parish of Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris. She came from a rich family of masons, musicians, composers, and instrument makers. Her grandfather, Jehan Jacquet, and her father, Claude Jacquet, were harpsichord makers. Rather than just teaching his sons, Claude Jacquet taught both his sons and daughters how to survive and thrive in the world. This upbringing, support from her father, and her family's rich history of musicianship was a major stepping stone for her musical career. She received her initial musical education from her father. At the age of five, Louis XIV took notice of her when she performed, evidently as a child prodigy, at his palace of Versailles. This eventually led to her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (29 September 167316 July 1763), also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French composer and flautist who was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind performers. Biography Hotteterre was born in Paris, France, the son of Martin Hotteterre (d. 1712) and Marie Crespy. In about 1704, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre succeeded his cousin Jacques in the post of ''basse de hautbois et taille de violon'' at the royal court. Hotteterre lived and studied in Rome early in his career, and his nickname ''le Romain'' (the Roman) came from this period. He spent two years (1698–1700) employed by Prince Francesco Ruspoli in Rome, before adopting the nickname of "Le Romain" at some point between 1705 and 1707. By 1708, he became a musician to the King of France, in the king's Grande Écurie,'' and in 1717, he inherited René Pignon Descoteaux's post as ''Jouëur de Fluste de la musique de chambre''. Hotteterre owed his fame l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalla Guerra Amorosa
''Dalla guerra amorosa'' ( HWV 102) is a secular chamber cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ... for either bass (HWV 102a) or soprano (HWV 102b) written by Georg Frideric Handel in Italy during 1708–9. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as Händel-Gesellschaft, HG l,34; (there is no Hallische Händel-Ausgabe, HHA numbering). The title of the cantata roughly translates as "From the war of amorous passion". Dalla guerra amorosa, is thought to be among the works written for Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri, as the manuscript source is a copy made for Ruspoli in August 1709. This work is delicate and even poignant – the aria to the fading of beauty, ''La bellezza è come un fiore'', is reminiscent of ''Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
