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His cantatas are usually written for a baroque orchestra consisting of a string section, an oboe section, and a continuo group, timpani and brass were sometimes added on festive occasions such as Christmas or Easter. The vocal forces consisted of a four-part choir and soloists.
Powstanie kantaty wiąże się z początkami epoki baroku w muzyce, szczególnie ze stylem concertato i afektowanym stylem seconda pratica. Wykształciła się z fuzji różnych form wokalnych: madrygału, monodii akompaniowanej, motetu koncertującego, pieśni z basso continuo.
Cantata, (from Italian cantare, “to sing”), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played instrumentally; now, loosely, any work for voices and instruments. The word cantata first appeared in the Italian composer Alessandro Grandi’s Cantade et.
J. S. Bach Cantatas: BWV 139 [17:29] BWV 163 [14:29] BWV 52 [14:55] BWV 140 [25:25] Soprano: Gillian Keith [BWV 139, BWV 52] Soprano: Susan Hamilton [BWV 163, BWV 140] Alto: Hilary Summers...
On the first Sunday after Trinity 1723, Bach began his first annual cycle of cantatas with Cantata 75, followed the next week by another extensive, two-part composition - Cantata 76: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes - The Heavens declare the Glory of God.
16 lip 2023 · By the late Baroque, the genre of cantata had become more substantial. The cantatas of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries were longer, involved more instruments and singers, and were usually performed for larger audiences.
23 wrz 2022 · That said, there are three common types of vocal music in the Baroque Period: the opera and the cantata. Because opera is attached to actual drama (with characters, staging, acting, etc.), we'll look at Baroque opera in the next unit.
