To the four winds
āThis work, I hope, will make me famous,ā G. P. Telemann wrote, in a candid moment, to a friend about music heād just finished and was sending to the publisher, his Musique de Table (Table.
Author: Anne Schuster Hunter
Taking Stock: the Mississippi Bubble
Itās a risky business, the stock market. Baroque Europe learned that when financial crises raged across the continent in the early 1700s. One of the worst, the Mississippi Bubble, took place in 1720. It caused.
Off the Beaten Path: Tempesta di Mareās A Czech Christmas
It was May 2018, early summer in the town of KromÄÅĆž… KromÄÅĆž is about 250 miles east of Prague and so postcard pretty that itās been called the most beautiful historical city in the Czech.
The Sincerest Form of Flatteryā¦and Flowers: Handel, Telemann and a Lifelong Relationship
Itās a sweet story. Two menāfamous composersākeep their long-distance friendship alive for a half-century sharing mutual regard and ā¦flowers. Georg Philipp Telemann and Georg Frederick Handel were German teenagers when they met. Life separated them.
The Horn
Rediscovering the Baroque Horn Todd Williams, Principal Horn, talks about his instrument This article originally appeared in our October 2006 newsletter. It has been slightly modified. Hereās a challenge: take sixteen feet of coiled brass.
A Rose By Another Name: the Sweet Music of Broken Consorts
Donāt worryāthe instruments in Broken Consort are in perfectly good shape. Nobody dropped a flute. The violin is fit as a fiddle. āBroken consortsā are just called that because in the Queenās English, Elizabethan style,.
The Dublin Messiah : Handel’s New Beginning
By Anne Schuster Hunter When days are short and temperatures plummet, one sure-fire mood-raiser is Handelās enduring holiday classic, Messiah. Fortunately, itās not hard to find. Itās all around. Big orchestras with great big choirs.
The Trip of a Lifetime: Telemann in Paris
It wasnāt just an item on the bucket list, Telemannās visit to Paris. It was a victory lap. In 1737, Georg Philipp Telemann, who at age 56 had never left Germanyāor extremely near environsā anytime.
Rivers: Civic Pride and Balm for the Soul
These days, in Philadelphia, weāre loving our rivers. Weāre strolling with our sweeties on Boathouse Row, swinging in hammocks under glow lights at Spruce Street Harbor Park and flocking to Twilight Yoga on Race Street.
Real Characters
Baroque artists of all kinds created characters so vibrant that theyāre still alive for us today. Just a few literary examples: Shakespeare, Cervantesās Don Quixote, Gulliverās Travels, and even Charles Perrault of fairy tales fame.