Italy

Found 34 articles related to Italy:

ORCHESTRA

Nicola Porpora: operatic composer made history as a music teacher of Haydn and Farinelli

Italy
, Opera, Baroque
PIANO

Ferruccio Busoni as a great piano transcriber of Bach's keyboard music

Germany,
Italy
, Fugue, Toccata, Baroque, Romantic, 20st Century Classical 1 comment
CLASSICAL GUITAR

Ferdinando Carulli: the décacorde guitar inventor who stirred Paris with his exceptional music and tutorials

France,
Italy
, Serenade, Classical, Romantic 2 comments
VIOLIN

Devil's Trill Sonata: Giuseppe Tartini was unable to recreate Lucifer's music played in his dream

Italy
, Slovenia, Sonata, Baroque
Poetry

Zefiro Torna: famous madrigal by Monteverdi lauds the west wind that brings spring

Italy
, Chaconne, Madrigal, Renaissance, Baroque
ORCHESTRA

Phrygian mode: classic examples of the Phrygian diatonic scale through the music eras

Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany,
Italy
, Dance, Fantasia, Film Score, Motet, Overture, Prelude, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20st Century Classical, 21st Century Classical 4 comments
Manuscript

Rich music collection of the Trecento times recovered from Florentine palimpsest

France,
Italy
, Caccia, Madrigal, Mass, Motet, Medieval
VIOLIN

A spice of Italy, delivered to London by Nicola Matteis, edged out the French dance fashion from violin music

England,
Italy
, Chaconne, Sarabande, Baroque
Nature Sounds

Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer

Austria, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany,
Italy
, Russia, Spain, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20st Century Classical 1 comment
PIANO

Lodovico Giustini wrote the first ever piano sonatas for the instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori

Italy
, Sonata, Baroque, Classical 1 comment
PIANO

Beethoven's famous piano trio carried the genre to the Romantic era

Austria, Czech Republic,
Italy
, Piano trio, Classical, Romantic 2 comments
FILM

The necessity of undramatic humanity in Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch

Italy
, Japan, USA, Soundtrack, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Recorder

Fiery dances of Marco Uccellini from Forlimpopoli

Italy
, Sonata, Baroque
CELLO

Recent study of Luigi Boccherini's skeleton revealed the threat of scoliosis for cellists

Italy
, Cello Сoncerto, Classical
PIANO

Gondolier songs as the inspiration behind the romantic genre of Barcarolle

France,
Italy
, Russia, Art Rock, Barcarolle, 2000s, Romantic
ORCHESTRA

Amsterdam's free spirit for the Italian virtuoso

Italy
, Netherlands, Violin Сoncerto, Baroque
CHOIR

The boundless Flemish heritage of Heinrich Isaac

Belgium,
Italy
, Netherlands, Lamento, Renaissance
VIOLIN

Only 18 sonatas survived to be the only proof of the maestro's life

Italy
, Sonata, Baroque
LUTE

Neapolitan lutier died in terrible plague that destroyed the kingdom

Italy
, Passacaglia, Baroque
BRASS ENSEMBLE

Venetian architecture sparked a new musical era in Europe

Italy
, Sonata, Baroque, Renaissance
VIOLIN

150 composers contributed to La Folia through the centuries

France, Germany,
Italy
, Portugal, Spain, Dance, Sonata, Baroque, Classical, Renaissance
ORCHESTRA

Obscured by Vivaldi, an Italian virtuoso found fans in England

England,
Italy
, Concerto grosso, Baroque
FILM

Full-method approach to the score for Shakespeare's play

Italy
, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Film Score, Soundtrack, 2000s, 21st Century Classical
ORCHESTRA

Italian opera innovator was lost in history for two centuries

Italy
, Concerto grosso, Baroque
VIOLA

Indecent Ciaconne dance came from the New World and swept Europe off its feet

France, Germany,
Italy
, Mexico, Spain, Chaconne, Dance, Baroque
ORCHESTRA

Bernini's famous fountains are filled with Respighi's music

Italy
, Symphonic poem, 20st Century Classical
FIDDLE

The jig dance tradition: five centuries old and still counting

England, France, Ireland,
Italy
, Scotland, Dance, Folk, Popular Song, Baroque, Classical, Renaissance
OBOE

Corelli's famous violin piece rearranged for oboe three centuries later

England,
Italy
, Sonata, Baroque
LUTE

Da Vinci's painting process depended on music

Italy
, Renaissance
ORCHESTRA

Albinoni's famous Adagio is unusually solemn and offbeat because it wasn't, in fact, written by Tomaso Albinoni

Italy
, Adagio, 20st Century Classical, Baroque

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