Introduction In this article, we will describe in simple stages the historical period in which the fortepiano reached its maximum diffusion as an instrument favoured by the major composers and instrumentalists of the world. Although we cannot indicate the precise moment in which we switched from the intimacy of the fortepiano to the explosiveness of […]
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Introduction In this article we will talk most practically and concisely possible about Curt Sachs (1881-1959), considered the founder of modern Organology: he investigated the main historiographical events that hinge on this discipline, and from which we draw today the results of important musicological investigations. Where to start? The introductory manual to Sachs’ work is
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Introduction In this article I would like to talk to you in the most practical and concise way possible about one of the most influential trilogies of the Italian nineteenth century: the so-called Popular Trilogy, including Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata, written by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) over a period of about three years, from
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Introduction In this article, I would like to talk to you most practically and concisely possible about one of the most influential works of the Italian nineteenth century: Lucia Di Lammermoor (1835), by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Of a compositional tendency opposed to that of his contemporary Bellini, who, as we have seen in a previous
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Introduction In this article I would like to tell you about Vincenzo Bellini, born in Catania in 1801 and died in Puteaux, France, in 1835. The very short life of this composer was characterized by the production of authentic masterpieces: he desired to mature the perfection of a small and limited number of works (in
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Introduction In this article, I would like to talk to you most practically and concisely possible about the work Carmina Burana, one of the most famous by Carl Orff (1895-1982). This orchestral masterpiece follows an ancient tradition: let’s take a step back and explore the origins of one of the most influential works of the
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Introduction In this article, I would like to talk to you most practically and concisely possible about the Gregorian chant, born in the ninth century under the need to combine the uses of Roman ritualism with those of the Gallican tradition. But let’s take a step back and look at the reasons for this phenomenon
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Introduction In this article we will answer in the most practical and concise way possible to the question Who invented musical notes? through a historical synthesis of the main events and protagonists of the story. In particular, we will focus on the birth of note names. Who Invented Musical Notes? The inventor of the name
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Introduction In this article I would like to talk to you in the most practical and concise way possible about the madrigal in Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), which is part of a poetic-musical genre that flourished in Renaissance Florence, more precisely in the sixteenth century. The Madrigal In The ‘ 300 In the development of this
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Introduction If you've searched for this page you're probably wondering which instrument to start your piano studies with, and I can assure you that you don't necessarily need a grand piano: you just need a keyboard. This is because the study of the piano is not only the study of sound or listening to timbre:
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