Suor Isabella Leonarda (6 September, 1620 – 25 February, 1704) was the most prolific of all women composers in the 17th century. She published no fewer than 20 collections of motets and other sacred music, nearly 200 compositions spanning virtually every genre of sacred music of her time, as well as the only complete collection […]
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Ars Lyrica Houston is thrilled to bring you an hour of insight, community, and music in lieu of our season finale in Zilkha Hall. Insights from Matthew Dirst about the score, a walk-through of the design process from stage director Tara Faircloth, excerpts from a previous performance of Bach’s Phoebus and Pan, and a communal
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The Goldberg Variations (At Home) – Aya Hamada, harpsichord Each day in the month of April 2020, I played & recorded one variation of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations from my home in Manhattan, and posted it to my Twitter feed. This clip is a compilation of those 32 videos of my GOLDBERG VARIATIONS AT HOME
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Piffaro is joining the ranks of ensembles offering free online performances with a one-hour “rebroadcast” of its March 2019 performance of material from Michael Praetorius’ Terpsichore with Sonnambula, which was performed in Philadelphia, Wilmington, DE and at the Met Cloisters. Dancers’ Delight Redux Watch Party: Friday, May 15, 7:30PM EDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDH9Vg_20E8&feature=youtu.be or https://www.youtube.com/officialpiffaro Dancers’ Delight was
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Recent articles by Beverly Jerold: “Distinguishing between dotted notes and notes inégales, The Musical Times 161/1950 (Spring 2020): 61-76. “Marmontel/[Piccinni] on Neapolitan Opera,” Journal of Music Criticism 3 (2019): 1-17. Details about Neapolitan opera conveyed in Marmontel’s epic poem Polymnie. “Tartini and the Two Forms of Appoggiature,” Eighteenth Century Music 16/1 (2019): 83-86. The Italian
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