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4 days ago · A foundational component of Western culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual or groups of composers, whose compositions, personalities and beliefs have fundamentally shaped its history.
5 days ago · It is the first and longest major era of Western classical music and is followed by the Renaissance music; the two eras comprise what musicologists generally term as early music, preceding the common practice period.
- c. 1730-1820
- c. 1400-1600
- c. 500-1400
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2 days ago · In 1735 Bach started to prepare his first publication of organ music, which was printed as the third Clavier-Übung in 1739. From around that year he started to compile and compose the set of preludes and fugues for harpsichord that would become his second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
3 days ago · Organist Eric Chan thought it was time to ‘give back to Hong Kong’ when he returned to his birthplace two years ago. He’s still waiting to play in the city. He recalls discovering the pipe...
5 days ago · Organum is a musical style based on plainchant. While one voice sings the primary chant melody, at least one other voice sings along to enhance the harmony. This style is important to musicians, particularly music theorists, because it served as the basis for the development of true counterpoint.
5 days ago · Bach’s St. Matthews Passion, using two organs in the composition, was written in 1727 and is considered one of the masterworks of Western sacred music. As developed during the Baroque period, the organ came to be a “pleno,” or full organ.
5 days ago · With 46 speaking stops and 2,968 pipes (arranged over three-manuals and pedals) the comprehensive specification allows it to play a wide range of music. The organ is housed in the restored west gallery case used for the first organ of 1725, which was subsequently expanded in 1896.
