Sorry! No results found
Please visit us back tomorrow as we add 10, 000 new research topics everyday!
About 10 results ( 0,22 seconds)
Comparing 18th Century Satire William Congreve's retelling of the Ovidian myth of Semele bore, at the time of its publication (1705–1707), a more vague political reference than it would be happened when, in 1743, George Frideric Handel (178...
the church feasts are celebrated by a sort of religious faith. [1] These compositions have been called oratorios. Spitta considers them to be a revival of the medieval religious spectacles rather than true oratorios, and he considers it mor...
and Christianity's concept of the Messiah ("the anointed one"). In Christianity, Jesus is the Messiah. Although the work was conceived for secular theatre and first performed during Lent it has become common practice since Handel's death to...
Comparison amidst the two most prominent singers are: Sigismund von Neukomm Sigismund von Neukomm was an Austrian composer as well as a pianist. He was born on 10 July 1778, in Salzburg and died on 3 April 1858, in Paris. Neukomm was said t...
four operas in the same year. During this period Vivaldi wrote the Four Seasons, four violin concertos depicting scenes appropriate for each season. Three of the concerti are of original conception, while the first, "Spring", borrows motifs...
cantatas, Passions, Oratorios). His final years were difficult, Bach began to lose his sight in 1743, and he underwent several surgical operations which had no effect. He died in Leipzig July 28, 1750. Critical Assessment Cantata BWV 4 Bach...
medieval era to the present. The most common forms of Christian music are the anthem, antiphon, cantata, canticle, carol, chorale, hymn, motet, and requiem. Not all Christian music is intended for liturgical performance; an example is the o...