1709–70 English composer Avison was a teacher, writer, concert promoter and organist of St Nicholas’s Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from 1735. As well as composing several sets of his own concertos, published over a period of some 30 years, he arranged 12 of Domenico Scarlatti’s harpsichord sonatas as concerti grossi (1744), orchestrating them skilfully. Along with almost ...
by his leaning towards counterpoint. Recommended Recording: Concerti a cinque, op. 5, Collegium Musicum 90 (dir) Simon Standage (Chandos) Introduction | Late Baroque | Classical Personalities | Charles Avison | Late Baroque | Classical ...
Johann Walter (Musicalisches Lexicon, 1732). Their ideas and others were later discussed and developed by a profusion of composers, theorists and lexicographers among whom Mattheson, Quantz and Avison made important contributions to the debate. Mattheson, in addition to his many theoretical writings, produced the first lexicon to include biographical information on German musicians (Grundlage einer Ehren-Pforte ...
(Instrumental group, 1966–70) After 1968’s The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack, their first LP, David O’List (guitar) left, and Keith Emerson (keyboards), Lee Jackson (bass) and Brian Davison (drums) chose to trade in adaptations of classical pieces as well as more contemporary material, notably 1968’s hit arrangement of ‘America’ from West Side Story, plus solid originals ...
By the end of the 1930s, the Swing era was in full force, ushered in by big bands led by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, the Dorsey brothers (Jimmy and Tommy) and Glenn Miller. New Orleans jazz and its stylistic off-shoot, Dixieland, had both largely faded from popularity. New Orleans pioneers King Oliver and Jelly Roll ...
As if at the convenience of history, the stock market crash in the final weeks of 1929 severed the 1920s from the 1930s. The breach was economic but its consequences were pervasive, sweeping away economic values and social illusions, and affecting all aspects of life for Americans and Europeans alike. America’s compliant 1920s middle class became the 1930s ...
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