David Pogue,Scott Speck

Classical Music For Dummies

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  • Ana Gonzálezhas quoted5 years ago
    The following sections help you get a handle on Handel.
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    George Frideric Handel
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    Concerto for Guitar in D major, RV 93
    Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major, RV 537
    Sonata for Two Violins, RV 60
    Gloria (oratorio for three solo singers, chorus, and orchestra), RV 589
    Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531
    Double Orchestra Concerto, RV 585
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    Like so many aspects of the Renaissance, opera was an attempt to re-create the glories of ancient Greece.
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    Giovanni da Palestrina, one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance.
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    Gloria in excelsis Deo
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    Some of the greatest choral and orchestral works ever written have been masses.
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    (You may remember Julie Andrews paying homage to Guido in The Sound of Music when she sang, “Doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun …”) This system of singing standard syllables on certain notes of the scale, a centuries-old skill practiced by opera singers and music majors worldwide, is called solfège
  • Ana Gonzálezhas quoted5 years ago
    If you close your eyes and listen to Gregorian chant, all your daily cares seem to float away.
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    Over the millennia, music became more complex. Man invented musical instruments to produce the sounds he couldn’t sing.
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