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| | |  This is an extract from “King Arthur” Act III, scene 2. This Purcell’s scenic work is the only one of being considered as the most successful semi-opera from which Theatre Royal earn a lot of money in the 1690s. It was praised by the first critics who highlighted how particularly astonishing was the realization of The Frost Scene. Some music-specialized historians thought that a similar episode from the opera Isis (1677) by Jean-Baptiste Lully (“Le Chœur des Trembleurs”) inspired Purcell but he did read it in another way (see the chromaticism of Cold Genius’s aria). Syllable notes which are doubled, tripled or even quadrupled are meant to be detached. We suggested the plucked indication in parenthesis, thus it cannot be mistaken with manuscript’s notations (note to note slurs). In this extract, the tempo is fast and accents are mostly placed on the first and the third time of each bar. |
| | |  This sheet music is extracted from “Faust,” by Goethe. It is also known as “Chor der Engel.” This sheet music is intended to be played for Easter, because it is about the angels who tell to the humans that Christ will soon reborn. The polyphony is strong and various. It is not difficult and can be performed by the major part of choirs. |
| | |  Giulio Cesare composed the “Libro primo de motetti a una, due, tre, quattro, cinque e otto voce” which was published in Venice in 1620. Today’s collections are usually compilations of a given composer’s songs, instead of being anthologies as it was in the last century. This collection includes Claudio Monteverdi’s motets which were not published in “Selva morale.” These short songs can be performed with or without accompaniment. They are intended to be sung on liturgies. These three motets are written in a style influenced by the Venetian school and represents Claudio Monteverdi’s devotion with a beautiful harmony and contrapuntal melody. |
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