Gavotte by Georg Philip Telemann (1681-1767) Georg Philip Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family’s wishes. He held important positions in Leipzig, Żary, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the city’s five main …
Menuett by Johann Krieger (1651-1735) Krieger’s keyboard music places him among the most important German composers of his time. The two published collections, Sechs musicalische Partien (1697) and Anmuthige Clavier-Übung (1698), contain harpsichord suites, organ toccatas, fugues, ricercars, and other works. Krieger’s contemporaries praised his contrapuntal skill, evident in the extant fugues and ricercars. Johann …
Toy 2 by Anonymous (18th century) The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement. The aristocracy also saw the …
Pezzo Tedesco by Anonymous (16th century) (Where are those fiery eyes that hurt my heart) Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given the gradually adopted “Renaissance” characteristics: musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.
Dove son quei fieri occhi che mi ferirno il core by Anonymous (16th century) (Where are those fiery eyes that hurt my heart) Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given the gradually adopted “Renaissance” characteristics: musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early …
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Spagnoletta by Anonymous (16th century) Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given the gradually adopted “Renaissance” characteristics: musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.
Minuet in D minor by Anonymous (18th century) The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement. The aristocracy also …
Allemande by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) Johann Hermann Schein was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was born in Grünhain and died in Leipzig. He was one of the first to import the early Italian stylistic innovations into German music, and was one of the most polished composers of the period.
Aria by Daniel Speer (1636-1707) Georg Daniel Speer was a Polish composer and writer of the Baroque. As a composer, Speer for example produced music for trombones. Keyboard miniatures have also survived. He might be best known for his Sonata No. 29 from Die Bänkelsängerlieder for brass quintet, which is often played at weddings and …
Prelude by Giovanni Zamboni (early 18th-century) Giovanni Zamboni was a baroque composer. Zamboni was an able musician—he mastered theorbo, lute, guitar, mandola, mandoline and harpsichord and he was also skilled in counterpoint. His works include a set of 11 sonatas (Sonate d’intavolatura di leuto op. 1) for the archlute published in 1718.
