MESLANGES HARMONIQUES
Since ancient times, polyphony and various contrapuntal techniques had been used to represent celestial harmony and the immutable movement of the stars, and the correspondence between these phenomena and human activities. The Renaissance gradually overturned this conception, offering more varied
Des goûts et des sons
Le goût, c’est la musique des papilles.
Léon Daudet
Bien qu’ils n’aient cessé d’évoluer depuis, c’est au XVII e siècle, dans ce qu’il faut bien appeler la révolution baroque, que se sont établies les bases modernes tant de … Lire plus
Bach and Telemann – a brief essay in comparison
… Lire plusWhat a strange bias whereby ‘superficial’ does not signify ‘of vast dimensions’ but rather ‘lacking in depth’ while, on the contrary, ‘deep’ signifies ‘of great depth’ and not ‘of small area’. And yet a feeling like love is measured much
The trio sonata, a history
… Lire plusThe trio sonata was the perfect meeting ground for the rival claims of the old vocal music and the new instrumental style, and could adapt the old ideas of polyphony to the new concept of accompanied melody.
Christopher Hogwood,
The
Mozart and opera
… Lire plusEvery time the idea comes to mind that it would be good to write an opera, I feel as if my body was afire, and tremble from head to foot with impatience.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Letter of July 31, 1778
