The Magnificat hymn (song of the Virgin Mary) is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and historian Marjorie Reeves states that it is perhaps the earliest Christian hymn.

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Which describes Barbara Strozzi’s performing opportunities? She performed in the exclusive male academies of Venice.

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (27 November 1602 – ca. 1676–1678), was a Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun. She spent her adult life cloistered in the convent of Santa Radegonda, Milan, where she became abbess and stopped composing.

The group derives its name from the first word of the Latin translation of the Canticle of Mary in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:46-55), Magnificat anima mea, “My soul magnifies the Lord”, which is sung during the Roman Catholic evening prayer or vespers service.

Cozzolani was a talented singer and composer. Her first published work, Primavera dei fiori musicali (Springtime of Musical Blossoms), dedicated to Archbishop Monti, was lost during World War II along with some of her secular cantatas.

Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, while oratorio is strictly a concert piece—though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas, and operas are sometimes presented in concert form.

In Western Christianity, the Magnificat is most often sung or recited during the main evening prayer service: Vespers in the Catholic and Lutheran churches, and Evening Prayer (or Evensong) in Anglicanism.

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Toccata, musical form for keyboard instruments, written in a free style that is characterized by full chords, rapid runs, high harmonies, and other virtuoso elements designed to show off the performer’s “touch.” The earliest use of the term (about 1536) was associated with solo lute music of an improvisatory character.

What is the most accurate description of Vivaldi’s ritornello forms? They share a compositional approach but are unique in form and content.

the Toccata and Fugue in D minor

1	Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett, The Crypt-Kickers	3:12
2	Danse macabre, Op.40 Camille Saint-Saëns, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit	7:08
3	Four Pieces, Op.4: 4. Suggestion diabolique Sergei Prokofiev, Behzod Abduraimov	2:35
4	Mephisto Waltz No.1, S. 514 Franz Liszt, Jorge Bolet	11:29

– Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Bach’s compositions His best-known compositions include The Well-Tempered Clavier, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Air on the G String, Goldberg Variations, Brandenburg Concertos and many more.

In 1764 Bach met with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was aged eight at the time and had been brought to London by his father. Bach then spent five months teaching Mozart in composition. Upon hearing of Bach’s death in 1782, Mozart commented, “What a loss to the musical world!”

A major figure of the Baroque era, the German JS Bach (1685-1750) is one of the most sublime creative geniuses in any form of the arts, a composer whose music is revered equally for its technical mastery, brilliant complexity and sheer exquisite beauty.

With 16 of the 300 most popular works having come from his pen, Mozart remains a strong contender but ranks second after Ludwig van Beethoven, overtaking Amadeus with 19 of his works in the Top 300 and three in the Top 10. …

If it is misanthropy, then Johann Sebastian Bach (born March 21, 1685) was not a genius. He did his greatest work in the hubbub of a full and loving home life and a busy and demanding round of arranging, performing, and teaching. He not only produced great compositions, he produced fine composers as well, in his sons.

Top 10 Contemporary Classical Music Composers

• Steve Reich. Arguably the most celebrated ‘Minimalist’ composer, Reich’s music is instantly accessible.
• John Adams.
• James Dillon.
• Arvo Part.
• Thomas Ades.
• Mark-Anthony Turnage.
• George Crumb.
• György Ligeti.

You Gotta Know These 20th-Century Composers

• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971).
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951).
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976).
• Aaron Copland “COPE”-lund (1900–1990).
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953).
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975).
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945).
• Charles Ives (1874–1954).

The compositions on this list come from this period.

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Symphony in F sharp major, op.
• César Franck: Symphony in D minor.
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No.
• Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.
• Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No.

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

• Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Ahmed Barod.
• Beethoven – Für Elise. wmd10.
• Puccini – ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi.
• J.S.
• Beethoven – Symphony No.
• Vivaldi – The Four Seasons.
• Bizet – ‘Carmen’
• Johann Strauss II – The Blue Danube.

7 of the most romantic piano pieces EVER written

1. Liebesträume, Franz Liszt.
2. Jeux d’eau, Maurice Ravel.
3. To a Wild Rose, Edward MacDowell.
4. Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy.
5. La Valse D’amélie, Yann Tiersen.
6. Nocturne in E flat major, Frédéric Chopin.
7. Valse Sentimentale, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life

• J.S. Bach – St Matthew Passion.
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. What is it?
• Mahler – Symphony No. What is it?
• Beethoven – Grosse Fuge. What is it?
• Mozart – Requiem. What is it?
• Monteverdi – Vespers. What is it?
• Elgar – Cello Concerto. What is it?
• Wagner – The Ring Cycle.

• The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893. 716 Johann Sebastian Bach Piano Sonata 1742 Play.
• Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86.
• Symphony No.
• Mass in B Minor.
• Symphony No.
• Piano Concerto No.
• The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080.
• Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90.

Liszt – La Campanella