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
Ben Jonson, dramatist | |
(1620). | |
| |
Lope de Vega, | | Schein (Johann Hermann), born 1586
Spanish writer | | in Germany, died 1630. Chorales,
(1620). | | Madrigals, Secular Songs, etc.
| |
Galileo is condemned | | Scheidt (Samuel), born 1587 at
by the | | Halle, in Germany, died 1654.
Inquisition of | | Contrapuntist. Many Church
Rome as guilty | | compositions as well as pieces for the
of heresy for | | Organ and Clavichord.
upholding the | |
Copernican | | Mersenne (Marie), born 1588 in
system, and | | France, died 1640. Treatises on
compelled to | | Harmony, Acoustics, and Musical
abjure it (1633). | | History.
| |
Richelieu founds | |
the French Academy | |
(1635). | |
| |
Death of Cardinal | 1640 | Lawes (Henry), born 1600 in England,
Richelieu (1642). | | died 1662. Psalms and Secular
| | songs.
Louis XIV. (styled | |
_Dieu-donne_), | |
King of France | |
(1643-1715). | |
| |
The Pendulum is | | Kircher (Pater Athanasius), born
applied to | | 1602 at Fulda, in Germany, died 1680.
clocks by | | Several treatises on music.
Richard Harris | |
and the younger | |
Galileo | |
(1641). | |
| |
Charles I. beheaded | 1645 | The first Italian Opera in Paris,
(1649). | | ordered from Italy by Cardinal
| | Mazarin.
Oliver Cromwell, | 1650 | Sabattini (Galeazzo), born about
Protector of | | 1610 in Italy. Litanies, Madrigals,
the Commonwealth | | and other vocal music.
(1653). | |
| |
Portugal takes | | Dumont (Henri), born 1610 at Liege,
possession of | | Belgium, died 1684. Masses and other
the Brazils | | Church compositions. Innovation of
(1654). | | the employment of instrumental
| | accompaniments to the Mass.
Calderon de la | |
Barca, dramatic | | Child (William), born 1608 at
poet in | | Bristol, in England, died 1696. Psalms
Spain (1601-1687).
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