Baroque music

Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.

Robert Tournières, Concert, France, 1690s, showing a baroque cello, virginal, singer, violin, and French baroque lute.

Giovanni Paolo Pannini Musical Fête 1747 Oil on canvas, 207 x 247 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The painting depicts the musical fête given by the Cardinal de la Rochefoucauld at the Theatre Argentina, Rome, on 15 July 1747 in honour of the marriage of the Dauphin of France.

The interplay of historical events and inventive instrument making – violins providing the best example – led the transition from one period to the next. The Baroque Period, roughly the 17thand

In the 1840s Menzel produced numerous illustrations for Franz Kugler’s ever popular History of Frederick the Great. Menzel’s intense work on the times and character of Friedrich II, who reigned from 1740 to 1786, was to bear fruit, even apart from the book illustrations which made Menzel famous. Along with the self-contained “society piece,” Die Tafelrunde, the Flute Concert may be regarded as one of the paintings where Menzel, in free and full possession of his powers as a painter, deepened…

Career check #music #classicalmusic #vintage #baroque

This is about the duties and responsibilities of composers during the Baroque and Classical periods and other pertinent information.

'Music at the French Court during Baroque Period'. The early Baroque music began in Italy. Meanwhile, France contributed more in the middle Baroque music era (1654 – 1707)

EDWAERT COLLIER | Vanitas Still Life with a Violin, Recorders, Music Manuscript and a Globe. Browse works available for private sale and discover content, artist information and recently sold works at auction.

Jan Steen - A Young Woman playing a Harpsichord to a Young Man Detail