Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)Engel, Carl
History
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)
Engel, Carl
Music -- History and criticism
New York, in | | Lived in Italy. Church compositions,
North America, | | and Instruction books for playing the
by the Dutch | | Lute and the Guitar.
(1614). | |
| | Gibbons (Orlando), born 1583 at
Emigration of | | Cambridge, died 1625. Many Church
the Puritans to | | compositions, Anthems, Madrigals, etc.
New England; | |
they found | |
New Plymouth | |
(1620). | |
| |
Charles I. succeeds | 1627 | Schuetz (Heinrich von), called
James I., | | Sagittarius, born 1585 in Germany,
King of England, | | died 1672. Many Motetts, Psalms, and
after the | | also Operas. In the year 1627 the
death of the | | Opera Dafne, by Rinuccini (see above,
latter, in 1625. | | date 1580), having been translated
Disputes between | | into German by Opitz, and composed
King | | anew by Schuetz, was performed in
Charles I. and | | Dresden as the first German Opera.
his Parliament. | |
Civil war begins | | Mazzocchi (Domenico), born about
in 1642. Last | | 1590 at Castellana, in Italy.
general assembly | | Oratorios, Madrigals for five
of the Hanseatic | | different voices with instrumental
cities of | | accompaniments. Introduced signs of
Germany. Luebeck, | | expression in the notation.
Hamburg | |
and Bremen | |
continue united. | |
| |
Kepler, Astronomer | 1630 | Mazzocchi (Virgilio), brother of the
(1571-1630). | | preceding, born about 1595, died 1646.
| | Many Church compositions. The first
Gustavus Adolphus | | development of the melody in the
dies on | | present sense.
the battle-field | |
at Lutzen | | Doni (Giovanni Battista), born 1593
(1632). | | at Florence, died 1674. Treatises on
| | the music of the ancient Greeks and on
Wallenstein | | that of his time.
assassinated at | |
Eyer (1634). | | Jenkins (John), born 1592 in Kent,
| | England, died 1678. Virtuoso on the
Rubens, Vandyck, | | Viola da Gamba. Many compositions
Domenichino, | | for his instrument and also vocal
painters (1620). | | music.
| |
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