Taking Stock: the Mississippi Bubble
Itâs 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.
Author: Anne Schuster Hunter
Off the Beaten Path: Tempesta di Mareâs A Czech Christmas
It was May 2018, early summer in the town of KromÄĆĂĆŸ… KromÄĆĂĆŸ is about 250 miles east of Prague and so postcard pretty that itâs been called the most beautiful historical city in the Czech.
The Sincerest Form of FlatteryâŠand Flowers: Handel, Telemann and a Lifelong Relationship
Itâs a sweet story. Two menâfamous composersâkeep their long-distance friendship alive for a half-century sharing mutual regard and âŠflowers. 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. Hereâs a challenge: take sixteen feet of coiled brass.
A Rose By Another Name: the Sweet Music of Broken Consorts
Donât worryâthe instruments in Broken Consort are in perfectly good shape. Nobody dropped a flute. The violin is fit as a fiddle. âBroken consortsâ are just called that because in the Queenâs 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 Handelâs enduring holiday classic, Messiah. Fortunately, itâs not hard to find. Itâs all around. Big orchestras with great big choirs.
The Trip of a Lifetime: Telemann in Paris
It wasnât just an item on the bucket list, Telemannâs visit to Paris. It was a victory lap. In 1737, Georg Philipp Telemann, who at age 56 had never left Germanyâor extremely near environsâ anytime.
Rivers: Civic Pride and Balm for the Soul
These days, in Philadelphia, weâre loving our rivers. Weâre 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 theyâre still alive for us today. Just a few literary examples: Shakespeare, Cervantesâs Don Quixote, Gulliverâs Travels, and even Charles Perrault of fairy tales fame.
Music in Exile (Janitsch Rediscoveries)
âWonderful things!â Practically dumbstruck, thatâs all archaeologist Howard Carter could say at his first sight of the treasures in Tutankhamenâs tomb, glittering in their long-time hiding place. âIt felt like that for me, too,â says.