Poland, and | | secular cantatas, etc. Invention of Russia. He | | the Recitative with orchestral forces the King | | accompaniment; of a greater of Denmark to | | combination of orchestral instruments conclude a | | than hitherto; of the Da-Capo, peace with him, | | or repetition of the theme; and of and defeats the | | several other essential innovations. Russians on the | | banks of the | | Desmarets (Henri), born 1662 at Narva (1700). | | Paris, died 1741. About 8 Operas. | | Queen Anne | | (1702). | | | | Battle of Blenheim, | | Brossard (Sebastien de), born 1660, or Hoechstadt, | | probably at Strassburg, died 1730. gained by | | Many Masses, a Dictionary of Music. the Duke of | | Brossard's Dictionary, which was Marlborough & | | published in 1703, is generally Prince Eugene | | regarded as the earliest work over the French | | of its kind. Tinctor, and Bavarians | | however, already in the (1704). | | fifteenth century compiled | | a collection of the definitions Gibraltar taken | | of the musical terms in use at his by the English | | time; and Janowka published at Prague (1707). | | a Musical Dictionary in Latin, two Union of England | | years previous to the appearance of and Scotland | | Brossard's work, which is in French. by Treaty | | (1707). | | Fux (Johann Joseph), born 1660 in | | Austria, died about 1732. Composed Peter the Great | | 17 Operas, 26 Masses, 3 Requiems, 1 defeats Charles | | Stabat Mater, 10 Oratorios, above 170 XII. at Pultowa | | other sacred compositions; likewise, (1709). | | instrumental pieces, a work on the | | theory of music (Gradus ad | | Parnassum), etc. | | Herculaneum discovered | 1710 | Gasparini (Francesco), born about (1711). | | 1665 at Lucca, died 1727. Many | | Operas, Cantatas, etc. Teacher in Peace of Utrecht | | counterpoint of Domenico Scarlatti (1713). | | and Marcello. | | Death of Fenelon | | Lotti (Antonio), born about 1665 at (1715).