28 June 2022 | Music Forum
Music Forum The legend of Victor and Corona in the medieval codices Approximately from the thirteenth century onward, as the cult for the saints spread over the West, also as a response to the quest for tangible figures of faith that might recall the drama of the...
3 June 2022 | Music Forum
Music Forum “I saw it on the telly” – The history and revival of the Meråker clarinet By Bjørn Aksdal Introduction One of the most popular TV-programmes in Norway over the last 40 years has been the weekly magazine “Norge Rundt” (Around Norway)1. Each half-hour...
29 March 2021 | Music Forum
Music Forum An Introduction to the Renaissance Flute By Kate Clark and Amanda Markwick Le Rossignol: En escoutant by C.Janequin https://gtmusicalinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/janequin.mp3.mp3 The Attaignant Consort, from the CD Madame d’amours – Music for...
19 March 2021 | Music Forum
Music Forum Troubadours and the Crusades: The case of Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (d.1207) By Dimitris Kountouras The Troubadours The Troubadours were poets and composers of the medieval West, coming from Southern France. Their name derives from the Provençal verb...
17 March 2021 | Music Forum
Music Forum The early piano or fortepiano by Ilario Gregoletto Fortepiano by Bartolomeo Cristofori of 1722 in the Musical Instruments Museum of Roma. The invention of the “gravecembalo”(extended harpsichord with piano and forte) is due to Bartolomeo...
6 March 2021 | Music Forum
Music Forum Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) Singing Hildegard by Elena Modena O vos imitatores | Hildegard von Bingen by InUnum ensemble https://gtmusicalinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/Hildegard_O-vos-imitatores@44.mp3 O frondens | Hildegard von Bingen by...
9 November 2020 | Music Forum
Music Forum Johann Kaspar Kerll (1627-1693), Missa In fletu solatium obsidiensis Viennensis by Arno Paduch After having conquered Hungary, the Ottomans reached the gates of Vienna on 14 July 1683 to the utter horror of all Christian Europeans. The Ottomans embarked on...
14 August 2019 | Music Forum
Music Forum 1. Play with love, play with devotion. Thoughts about a heart-spoken technique. 2. Progressive exercise. Customise yourself your improvements. 3. Repertoire in Class attached. LINKS: Brunelli: Varii Esercitii – 1614...
17 July 2019 | Music Forum
Forum Muzyczne Traverso flute in Germany in the 18th century The flute started to be popular on the international stage only at the end of the 17th century. It was a professional instrument used for solo and orchestra pieces. Obviously a baroque traverso flute was...