This story was broadcast on NPR this morning:
Major Trove Of Classical Music Manuscripts For Sale
Monday, June 27, 2011
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The Music of the Spheres. Shown in this engraving from Renaissance Italy are Apollo, the Muses, the planetary spheres and musical ratios.
Hemiola
from the wiki article:
In modern musical parlance, a hemiola is a metrical pattern in which two bars in simple triple time (3/2 or 3/4 for example) are articulated as if they were three bars in simple duple time (2/2 or 2/4).
The interplay of two groups of three notes with three groups of two notes gives a distinctive pattern of 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2. This rhythm is common in Africa and known as African hemiola style.
The word hemiola derives from the Greek adjective ἡμιόλιος - hemiolios, meaning "one and a half". This term was used in a music-theoretic context by Aristoxenus. (The noun ἡμιολία - hemiolia "one and a half (fem.)" was also used by the Greeks to refer to a galley powered by one and a half banks of oars.) It was originally used in music to refer to the frequency ratio 3:2; that is, the interval of a justly tuned perfect fifth.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Masque
from the wiki article:
The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in 16th and early 17th century Europe, though it was developed earlier inItaly, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant). Masque involved music and dancing, singing and acting, within an elaborate stage design, in which the architectural framing and costumes might be designed by a renowned architect, to present a deferential allegory flattering to the patron. Professional actors and musicians were hired for the speaking and singing parts. Often, the masquers who did not speak or sing were courtiers: King James I's Queen Consort, Anne of Denmark, frequently danced with her ladies in masques between 1603 and 1611, and Henry VIII and Charles I performed in the masques at their courts. In the tradition of masque, Louis XIV danced inballets at Versailles with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
for the complete article, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masque
from the wiki article:
The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in 16th and early 17th century Europe, though it was developed earlier inItaly, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant). Masque involved music and dancing, singing and acting, within an elaborate stage design, in which the architectural framing and costumes might be designed by a renowned architect, to present a deferential allegory flattering to the patron. Professional actors and musicians were hired for the speaking and singing parts. Often, the masquers who did not speak or sing were courtiers: King James I's Queen Consort, Anne of Denmark, frequently danced with her ladies in masques between 1603 and 1611, and Henry VIII and Charles I performed in the masques at their courts. In the tradition of masque, Louis XIV danced inballets at Versailles with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
for the complete article, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masque
Monday, June 20, 2011
The Boston Early Music Festival is over, but you can listen to two concerts held last week.
Listen to Thursday's concert by the BEMF Orchestra on NPR Music!
Listen to Monday's concert by Les Voix Baroques on WGBH.org!
Listen to Thursday's concert by the BEMF Orchestra on NPR Music!
Listen to Monday's concert by Les Voix Baroques on WGBH.org!
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