Antonio Correa Braga
b Fusignano, 1653; d Rome, 1713 |
All we know of Antonio Correa Braga is that he was a Portugese Organist and composer
who was active in the 17th century. |
Batalha
Battle music |
5 |
Arcangelo Corelli
b Fusignano, 1653; d Rome, 1713 |
Corelli was a very innovative figure, and a stunning violinist.
He also the first composer to owe his reputation (mostly) to music publishing,
and the first to produce classic instrumental works which were
admired and studied long after their idiom became outmoded. |
FoliasOpV |
12 |
Diego Ortiz
b Toledo, c1510; d Naples, c1570 |
A very influential Spanish composer who spent a lot of time
in Naples, at a time when it was under Spanish rule. These pieces
come from his most famous publication in which he has composed
his own wonderfully ornamented versions of popular songs
of the period. |
Recercada Segunda sopra 'Il Passemezzo'
Recercada Quinta sopra 'La Spagna'
Recercada Settima sopra 'La Romanesca'
viola da gamba, theorbo |
5 |
Anonymous
Spanish 17th century |
"Mariazapalos" popular Spanish song, sometimes called the "Spagnoletta".
Often though, this melody has more pathetic, or melancholic feeling than "Spagnoletta". |
Marizápalos
Cumbées |
5 |
Gaspar Sanz
b Calanda, Aragon, mid-17th century; d early 18th century
|
Gaspar Sanz was a Spanish guitarist, composer and priest. The canarios tune was invented
by the African slaves who were assembled on the Canary islands before
being shipped to Spain, and soon became popular throughout Spain and Italy. It
usually involved tambourines and guitars, and was very raucous.
|
Canarios
arrangement from Gaspar Sanz'Instrucción de música sobre La Guitarra
Española (1674) |
4'00 |
Andrea Falconieri
b Naples, 1585; d Naples, 1656 |
An Italian lutenist who spent his early years in Spain. He was a
music teacher at the convent of S Brigida, Genoa, from 1632 but in
June 1636 he was denounced by the mother superior for distracting the
nuns with his music! He was later appointed maestro di cappella at Naples
(which was then under Spanish dominion) and held the post until his death
of the plague. |
La Suave Melodia (Naples, 1660)
violin, lute, viola da gamba |
2.5 |
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
b Venice, c1580; d Rome, Jan 1651 |
Kapsberger was an Italian composer, lutenist, theorbist and guitarist
of German descent and enjoyed and very high reputation and social standing.
The musical evenings he organized in his house were described as among the
wonders of Rome. |
'Villan di Spagna'
Sfessaina
Colascione
Canarios |
5 |
| Improvisation |
As was the custom in the baroque, Realm of music will improvise on the Tarantella
theme. This theme was notated by a German musician, Athanasius Kircher in Rome in the
1640s. |
Tarantella Napolitana Tono Hypodorio |
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