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Laudate Dominum de Mozart y Aleluya de Haendel

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15,653,943 views Nov 29, 2014 Barbara Hendricks interpreta Laudate Dominum de W.A. Mozart, y la Capella Istropolitana interpreta el Aleluya de G.F.Haendel. Programa navideño de las SWR y WDR alemanas de 1995, desde la iglesia católica de Wies (Alemania)

Top 10 Baroque composers

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From around 1600 to 1750, the Baroque period witnessed the creation of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever composed. Here's our beginner's guide to the greatest composers of the Baroque period Johann Sebastian Bach   (1685-1750) JS Bach  has been called 'the supreme arbiter and law-giver of music'. He is to music what Leonardo da Vinci is to art and Shakespeare is to literature, one of the supreme creative geniuses of history. Key recording: St Matthew Passion Julian Prégardien  (Evangelist),  Stéphane Degout  (Christus);  Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon  (Recording of the Month, April 2022)  Read the review Explore JS Bach: The 10 best Bach works: a beginner's list  – Here are a selection of works by Bach that are essential listening; and once bitten the Bach Bug will take you on a journey of almost limitless reward Presents JS Bach. Antonio Vivald i  (1678-1741) With  Antonio Vivaldi , Italian Baroque music reached its zenit...
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by  Georg Predota    From Germany to Messiah The German-born English composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) is widely regarded as one of the greatest musical masters of his era. Indeed, his extraordinary talent and relentless dedication significantly shaped the landscape of classical music during the Baroque era. Portrait of George Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, 1756 He began his musical journey in Halle, Germany, and honed his skills in Italy before settling in England. Renowned for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental works, Handel masterfully blended German, Italian, French, and English musical traditions into a distinctive and influential style. Handel showcased his genius for dramatic storytelling and musical innovation throughout, and while his posthumous fame largely rested on a few orchestral works and the oratorio  Messiah , Handel excelled in every musical genre of his time. To commemorate his passing on 14 April 1759 at the age of 74, ...

Violence Against Men: The Age of the Castrato

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by  Georg Predota    , Interlude Fairy tales normally start with “Once upon a Time,” and generally end with “and they lived happily ever after.” But some of the supposed musical fairy tales I’ve been reading about are not nice stories at all. I am talking about countless young boys who underwent castration for musical purposes. What a ghastly convention practiced almost exclusively in Italy throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Historians tell us, “the taste for castrato voices arose mainly because in large parts of Italy, including the Vatican, women’s voices were not allowed in church.” Since puberty turned choirboys into males and falsettists were considered unsatisfying, the horrid practice began. In a disgusting game of twisting your arm, princely states, leading churches or singing companies approached the parents of a boy who was considered the most talented singer in his church choir. Boys were generally recruited before the age of twelve and from the poorest ar...

The Evolution of Handel's Music (From 14 to 66 Years Old)

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