Passacaglia

4 articles related to Passacaglia:

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   Orchestra

   Lully's Passacaglia of Armide revised by Bear McCreary in Outlander score

   The passacaglia is a slow dance that originated in Spain at the very beginning of the Baroque era, initially performed…

   November 22, 2020

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   Classical Guitar

   The sorely short career of the Abreu brothers duo

   The brothers Sérgio and Eduardo Abreu were active during the 60’s and the early 70’s and are considered by many the…

   September 30, 20183 comments

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   Lute

   Neapolitan lutier died in terrible plague that destroyed the kingdom

   The worst disaster to strike the kingdom and city of Naples in the 1600s was the plague of 1656. The outbreak of the…

   September 2, 2018

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   Classical Guitar

   Lute fell into obscurity after the death of its greatest maestro

   Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) was one of the most important composers in lute music history. Born into a lute…

   August 20, 2018