Essays about: "eighteenth century music"

Found 3 essays containing the words eighteenth century music.

1. 1. Performing Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in London, Florence and Naples 1770–1785 : Contrasting styles and competing ideals

   University essay from

   Author : Emma Sohlgren; [2020]
   Keywords : Musicology; opera; Gluck; pasticcio; opera seria; Tenducci; Musikvetenskap; opera; Gluck; pasticcio; opera seria; Tenducci;

   Abstract : In this master thesis I look at the revivals of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in London (1770 and 1785), Florence (1771), and Naples (1774). After the premiere of Orfeo ed Euridice in Vienna in 1762, Gluck himself reworked the opera for new productions in Parma (1769) and Paris (1774). READ MORE

3. 2. A Microhistory of Congregational Music-Making in Överselö, Stallarholmen 1754

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Hanna Drakengren; [2018-08-02]
   Keywords : Hymnal accompaniment; Seventeenth Century; Sweden; Gren and Stråhle organ; 1697 Hymnal; Överselö; Handwritten chorale books;

   Abstract : In 1754 an organ was built in Överselö Church whose purpose was to accompany the congregational singing. My question in this project is to investigate how the accompaniment of the specific congregational singing in Överselö sounded. Sweden adopted its first common hymnal in 1695/97. READ MORE

4. 3. Performing an 18th century violin concerto today

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Brenda Brouns; [2016-10-03]
   Keywords : violin; performance practice; Italian baroque; eighteenth century music;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the difficulties in approaching an authentic style in interpreting and performing music from the eighteenth century on a modern instrument trying to adapt it to the context of the nowadays listener. During this project I will prepare a performance of the violin Concerto in A from an unknown composer, probably Vivaldi. READ MORE