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# **Mozart and the Transcription of Allegri’s *****Miserere***** (Rome, 1770)** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in **Rome in April 1770**, he was fourteen years old and already widely known across Europe as a prodigy.…

# THE BACH CANTATAS — LEONHARDT & HARNONCOURT AND A NARRATIVE COMPARISON WITH OTHER COMPLETE CYCLES When **Gustav Leonhardt** and **Nikolaus Harnoncourt** began recording the Bach cantatas in **1971**, the world of Baroque performance…

# **NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT — HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MUSICIANS AND ORCHESTRAS ** There are artists whose careers are built upon the stages they occupy, and others whose lives are defined by the companions they…

# **THE DEATH OF HENRY PURCELL — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** *Illness, mystery, historical context, and the legacy left behind* Henry Purcell (1659–1695), often called *the Orpheus Britannicus*, died with tragic suddenness at the age…

# **HANDEL’S FUNERAL AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY — A FULL NARRATIVE**A ## **I. London in Mourning — April 1759** In the days following George Frideric Handel’s death on the morning of **April 14, 1759**, London…

# **THOMAS TALLIS – A LIFE** ## **I. Beginnings in an England on the Brink of Change** Thomas Tallis was born around **1505**—a date never precisely fixed—into an England poised between medieval stability and…

Here is a detailed overview of Paul McCreesh’s recording of Venetian Vespers—one of the most celebrated reconstructions of early Baroque liturgical music: Venetian Vespers – Paul McCreesh & the Gabrieli Consort & Players https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NC-K6nLD4bA…

Basilica di San Marco in Venice: History and Its Profound Connection with Renaissance and Baroque Musicians 1. A Sacred and Civic Symbol of Venice The Basilica di San Marco (St. Mark’s Basilica) stands not…

San Giovanni e Paolo (Venice): Its Musical and Cultural Connections in the Renaissance and Baroque Periods 1. A Monumental Sacred Space in the Heart of Venice The Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (often…

The Church of San Zaccaria in Venice: Its Relationship with Renaissance and Baroque Musicians 1. A Place of Sacred Grandeur and Musical Prestige The Church of San Zaccaria, located in the Castello district of…

Let’s welcome our new members: Victoria Carvallo, Myriam Weyl Ben Arush, Diran Indjeian, Ana Cláudia Di Dio, Byungkyu Choi, Yu Imamura, Antonio Borges, Daniel Jaramillo, Tsira Chalatashvili, Lyudmila Stashkevich, Illya Zozulya, Sofi Reschetnikowa, Sita…

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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟮𝟬 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 — 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴 When 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 returned to France from…

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 — Der Freischütz - 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 - 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQaA3eUf5oY Ottokar — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆 Kuno — 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Agathe — 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 Ännchen — 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 Kaspar — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻…

𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 — Don Giovanni — conducted by 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1954) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwysHE1Lx1k Don Giovanni — 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗶 Donna Elvira — 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳 Don Ottavio — 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗮 Leporello — 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Masetto — 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆…