Les Borreades et Les Indes Galantes
I was wondering if anyone has news on a copy of Rameau's Les Borreades. I don't mean purely orchestral music, but the opera. Last time I looked into the matter there was some long copyright issue, but...
View ArticlePlease recommend Baroque duet for flute & harpsichord
Hi everyone. I hope this is the right place to post this question. I'm an OK piano player who started playing the harpsichord at the beginning of this year. (Surprisingly, the technique is quite...
View ArticleComposer Poll prediction game
First off, thanks :cheers: to all who have voted in the A la carte Composer Polls, especially to those who vote in every one. (And if you haven't - the list of polls can be found via my signature...
View ArticleEarly Music (Byrd, Couperin,Frescobaldi) on Piano
I have been long admiring the English virginalists (Byrd, Gibbons, Bull) and the French harpsichordists (Couperin, Rameau, Daquin etc). I recently acquired Glenn Gould superb recording of Byrd and...
View ArticleA la carte Composer Poll #33 (Rameau, Xenakis, Donizetti...)
This is part of a series of polls simply asking "Which of these composers do you like?" Select as many as you want; I'll leave it up to you to decide what counts as "liking" a composer's music. As with...
View ArticleA la carte Composer Poll #34 (Britten, Albéniz, Feldman...)
This is part of a series of polls simply asking "Which of these composers do you like?" Select as many as you want; I'll leave it up to you to decide what counts as "liking" a composer's music. As with...
View ArticleA la carte Composer Poll #35 (Monteverdi, Walton, Glass...)
This is part of a series of polls simply asking "Which of these composers do you like?" Select as many as you want; I'll leave it up to you to decide what counts as "liking" a composer's music. As with...
View ArticleA la carte Composer Poll #36 (Bizet, Holst, Biber...)
This is part of a series of polls simply asking "Which of these composers do you like?" Select as many as you want; I'll leave it up to you to decide what counts as "liking" a composer's music. As with...
View ArticleHarpsichord Suite
I composed this 31-piece harpsichord suite back in 2012. French rococo harpsichord composers like Duphly, Balbastre and Rameau were a big inspiration for me back then. So, one summer, in August, while...
View ArticleA la carte Composer Poll #37 (Smetana, Berg, Lehár...)
This is part of a series of polls simply asking "Which of these composers do you like?" Select as many as you want; I'll leave it up to you to decide what counts as "liking" a composer's music. As with...
View ArticleThe Lamentation in Music (Entry from the Grove Music Online): Reference
The Lamentation Entry from Grove Music Online Lamentations. The Old Testament verses of mourning of the prophet Jeremiah (Threni, Lamentationes), portions of which were sung in the Roman Catholic...
View ArticleA la carte Composer Poll #38 (Copland, Palestrina, Pachelbel...)
This is part of a series of polls simply asking "Which of these composers do you like?" Select as many as you want; I'll leave it up to you to decide what counts as "liking" a composer's music. As with...
View ArticleMusic Theory Approaches: 1. Tonality
This is the first of a series of threads devoted to various approaches to music theory and harmony. Tonality Rameau probably wrote the first book completely devoted to tonal harmony, in 1722. Since...
View ArticleI'm stuck on this chicken (je ne trouve pas cette poule!)
So here's an MP3 mixdown from an ancient MIDI file that's just name "POULE.MID" and has an annotation that says it's in Bb. I checked out Haydn's little chicken and Rameau's little chicken without any...
View ArticleHandel and Vivaldi
I love Bach and he is one of my favorite composers. He is also regarded as the "greatest" Baroque composers if not the greatest composer of all time. One could argue that Handel and Vivaldi are...
View Article15 Forgotten Operas Ripe for Rediscovery
So, anybody familiar with any of these? Seems I have at least heard of #6 Undine. Listing the titles from this article which includes brief synopses of each one. 1. Tsar Saltan - Nikolay...
View ArticleComposer Polls: some results
Though I'd like more and more people to vote in all my A la carte polls, I thought I'd start a thread discussing what might be gleaned from the results. The full list of polls, list of composers, and...
View ArticleComposers: Last four in, First four out
This is an NCAA tournament themed game. For those that don't live in the US or don't follow sports, the NCAA college basketball championship is decided by a single elimination tournament consisting of...
View ArticleLimited Downloads
I am so frustrated by various companies that are often the sole source of an out of print recording yet limit the countries to which the files are available. For instance, I stupidly sold a CD by...
View ArticleGreetings from Italy
Ciao! I am a 50 years old music lover from Veneto, Italy. I guess my nickname gives up who is my favorite composer ;) nonetheless I have quite eclectic tastes moving around the rich history and many...
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