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Joseph Hopkinson
Hopkinson, Joseph (1770–1842), son of Francis Hopkinson, was a noted lawyer and jurist, served in Congress (1814–19), and was a member of the Tuesday Club of Philadelphia, president of the Academy of Fine Arts, and author of “Hail Columbia” (1798).... Read more |
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Deborah Hopkinson
Hopkinson, Deborah 1952-PersonalBorn February 4, 1952, in Lowell, MA; daughter of Russell W. (a machinist) and Gloria D. Hopkinson; married Andrew D. Thomas (a teacher); children: Rebekah, Dimitri. Education: University of Massachusetts—Amherst, B.A., 1973; University of Hawaii, M.A., 1978. Hobbies... Read more |
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Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson 1737-91, American writer and musician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Philadelphia. A practicing lawyer, Hopkinson was also an accomplished poet, essayist, and musician and is considered the first native American composer of a secular song, My Days Have Been So... Read more |
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American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society first scientific society in America, founded (1743) in Philadelphia. It was an outgrowth of the Junto formed (1727) by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was the first secretary of the society, and Thomas Hopkinson the first president. In 1769 it merged with the American... Read more |
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Monica Huggett
Monica Huggett Violinist, conductor Baroque music comprises a distant and mysterious world that modern performances, although often brilliant and persuasive, often fail to conjure up. Fortunately there are musicians such as violinist Monica Huggett who strive, by using period instruments and by... Read more |
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Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli , 1653-1713, Italian composer and violinist. Famed for his virtuosity and his elegant style of composition, he spent most of his life in Rome, where he was court violinist to Cardinal Ottoboni. His violin technique was perpetuated by his many students and in his sonatas for violin... Read more |
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sonata
sonata , in music, type of instrumental composition that arose in Italy in the 17th cent. At first the term merely distinguished an instrumental piece from a piece with voice, which was called a cantata. Thus many early concertos, suites, and sets of variations were called sonatas. As the various... Read more |
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Saint Monica
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Alison Saar
Alison Saar 1956– Sculptress At a Glance… Selected works |
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concerto
concerto , musical composition usually for an orchestra and a soloist or a group of soloists. In the 16th cent. concertare and concertato implied an ensemble, either vocal or instrumental. At the end of the century concerto referred to music in which two ensembles contested with each other. By... Read more |
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Corelli, Arcangelo
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713) Italian Baroque composer. He achieved early...Giovanni Benvenuti. He helped to develop the concerto grosso, composed many sonatas and did much to consolidate the principles behind modern violin playing... |
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Corelli, Arcangelo
Corelli, Arcangelo (b Fusignano...a composer lies in his sonatas da camera and concerti grossi from which the solo sonata and the orch. concs...under 6 opus nos.1. 12 Sonatas a tre; 2. 12 Sonatas da camera a tre; 3. 12... |
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sonata da chiesa
sonata da chiesa (It.). Church sonata. Like the sonata da camera, but of a more serious character appropriate to ecclesiastical surroundings. The standard Corelli sonata da chiesa is in 4 movts., slow–fast–slow–fast. |
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trio sonata
trio sonata. Comp. prevalent in late 17th and...cent. the form diverged into the sonata da chiesa and the sonata da camera. Among the most celebrated...examples of the trio sonata are the 48 by Corelli, 12 by Purcell, 28 by Handel, 14... |
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sonata da camera
sonata da camera (It.). Chamber sonata. Baroque type of sonata, the term originally indicating place (i.e. court...like movts. for 2 or 3 str. players with kbd. acc. Corelli standardized the form as a suite consisting of introduction... |
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folía, la
...and subsequently used by numerous composers as an ostinato basis for variations. The best-known set is by Corelli in his 12th sonata for vn. and hpd., 1700. Other composers to use the melody incl. Vivaldi, Frescobaldi, Lully, Pergolesi... |
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Couperin, François
...was greatly influenced by Corelli and introduced into Fr. the Italian's trio-sonata form, himself publishing...Parnasse, ou l'Apothéose de Corelli. In 1716 pubd. famous book L...Concerts incl. the ‘Corelli’ Grand Trio, 1724... |
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Baroque
...developed to a high degree. In instr. mus. the period saw the emergence of the sonata, the suite, and particularly the concerto grosso, as in the mus. of Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach. Most baroque mus. uses basso continuo. By... |
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Tippett, (Sir) Michael (Kemp)
...form as shown in the 3rd pf. sonata and the 4th sym. Yet...into the pf. conc., the Corelli Fantasia, the 4th sym., the Triple...Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, str. (1953); Divertimento on...treble recorders (1954); Sonata for 4 Horns (1955); In...pf. ... |
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Rachmaninov, Sergei (Vasilyevich)
...of his own concs. but of other composers’ mus., incl. sonatas with the violinist Kreisler. The vigour and attention to...later years his style grew subtler, as can be heard in the Corelli Variations for pf., the Paganini Rhapsody, the last set... |
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Handel, George Frideric
...1706 Handel went to Italy in a prince's retinue, meeting Corelli, the Scarlattis, and other leading figures, and rapidly attaining...are Handel's instr. comps. such as the concerti grossi, sonatas, and suites, it is in the operas and oratorios that the nobility... |
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RACHMANINOFF: Variations on a Theme of Corelli/PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No....
RACHMANINOFF Variations on a Theme of Corelli. PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 2. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition...Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli (a misnomer, as Corelli only used the theme himself in a violin sonata... |
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Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op.5
Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op.5. Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, harpsichord. (Harmonia Mundi, 907298.99) Corelli's 12 Baroque-era sonatas have been called arguably the finest and most influential... |
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Concerti grossi (after Corelli, op. 5): No. 7 in d; No. 8 in e; No. 9 in A;...
...GEMINIANI Concerti grossi (after Corelli, op. 5): No. 7 in d...in d, "Follia." Cello Sonata in d, op. 5, No. 2 * Andrew...of the concertos based on Corelli's Violin Sonatas, op. 5. Robert Maxham reviewed...Geminiani should have turned ... |
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RACHMANINOFF: Variations on a Theme by Corelli. Preludes: op. 23/2-5; op....
...RACHMANINOFF Variations on a Theme by Corelli. Preludes: op. 23/2-5; op. 32/5,12. Piano Sonata No. 2 (revised version...79:04) PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas: No. 2; No. 7. Visions...Visions and the 20th of the Corelli Variations) with energetic...bloom in the ... |
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CORELLI: Recorder Concertos: No. 4 in F; No. 7 in d; No. 8 in e; No. 10 in F....
...F. Concerto Grosso after Corelli's "La Follia." The Favorite Gigg in Corelli's 5th Solo. Ground Upon the Sarabanda of the 7th Sonata * Laurence Cummings (cond...1720s, the music of Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was the choice...making in London. The violin ... |
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BACH: Preludes and fugues: BWV 533, 539, 543, 544, 547-49, 566. Choral...
...660, 690-693, 695, 701-706, 708-714, 716. Trio sonatas: Nos. 1, 2. Fugue on a Theme by Corelli, BWV 579. Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 542. Allabreve in D...legato passages, but lingers a bit over them (as in the Trio Sonata BWV 525) with loving affection. He is, above all, ... |
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RACHMANINOFF: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1931 version). Variations on a Theme of...
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1931 version). Variations on a Theme of Corelli. Vocalise. Duets, op...the last movement of the sonata). But he is no mere competition...to the second theme in the sonata's first movement. Thus... |
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RACHMANINOFF: Preludes, op. 23/2, 4, 5. Preludes, op. 32/2-6, 10, 12. Prelude...
...The Variations on a Theme of Corelli was composed in France in the...may have thought the theme was Corelli's from his Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord...but it didn't originate with Corelli. It was a popular tune known... |
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The Four Seasons.1/Concerti grossi after Corelli:2 No. 4 in F; No. 12 in d,...
...Geminiani's Concertos after Corelli's Violin Sonatas, op. 5, employ the composer...performances take advantage of Corelli's own ornamentation in the...movement of the Fourth Concerto). Corelli's variations on the familiar... |
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Arcangelo Corelli, "New Orpheus of Our Times"
PETER ALLSOP, Arcangelo Corelli, "New Orpheus of Our Times...esplorato il repertorie della sonata a tre italiana (The Italian...Sonata from Its Origins until Corelli, Oxford, Clarendon Press...italiana del '600, Arcangelo Corelli. Il libro è ... |
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