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Sweeter than Roses: music of Purcell & his contemporaries from Anna Dennis & Sounds Baroque
[…] many of them in the pages of Samuel Pepys' diary (available in handy on-line format). So Francesco Corbetta, one of the great guitar virtuosos of the age and Giovanni Battist Draghi both pop up in Pepys diaries.Corbetta gets a brief mention in Pepy's diary entry for Monday 5 August 1667 - 'After done with the Duke of York, and coming out through his dressing-room, I there spied Signor Francisco tuning his gittar, and Monsieur de Puy with him, who did make him play to me, which he did most admirably — so well as I was mightily troubled that all that pains should have been taken upon so bad an instrument'Draghi pops up three times in the diary, the first on 2 November 1666 when he is referred to as 'the King’s Italian here is about setting three parts for trumpets, and shall teach some to sound them, and believes […]
2016-01-18 15:02:18
Monday, January 18, 2016 You can listen to the Classical Music Almanac Podcast Daily here. Birthdays Cesar Cui In 1835 César Cui was born in Vilius, Russia. His profession was as an army officer (he rose to the rank of Engineer-General (compared to full general) of The Russian Imperial Army) and a teacher of fortifications, and his avocational life has particular significance in the history of music. In this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, a group of Russian composers under the leadership of Mily Balakirev dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian type of music. 1 Emmanuel Chabrier In 1841 Emmanuel Chabrier was born in Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus of operas (including L’étoile), songs, and piano music. He was admired by composers as diverse as Debussy, […]
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