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Caldara, Antonio
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Classical Net biography. In-depth study of his life, divided into periods spent in various cities. Annotated and cross-linked.
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Classical Net Composers Caldara This series of webpages is dedicated to Brian Pritchard. Without Brian's enthusiasm, assistance, attention to detail and generosity these webpages would not have been produced. Introduction Today Antonio Caldara is not a name many would recognise let alone regard as...Entry in the Sojourn pages with links to related composers and definitions of terms.
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Caldara, Antonio: Biography Caldara probably studied with Giovanni Legrenzi, director of the Conservatorio de mendicanti in that city from 1672 and maestro di cappella at St. Mark's from 1685. In 1716 Caldara became assistant choirmaster to Fux at St. Stephen's church in Vienna....Biography and portrait from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. Includes links to related composers and specific musical periods and genres.
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HOASM: Antonio Caldara During his tenure as maestrofor Prince Ruspoli in Rome (beginning 1709 he composed 150 solo cantatas (some for Emperor Joseph I and for Cardinal Ottoboni When Marc'Antonio Ziani, the imperial Kapellmeister,died in 17l5, J. J. Fux succeeded him; the following...Scholarly study of his life, musical and compositional abilities, and methods of securing new positions.
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ANTONIO CALDARA Caldara received his earliest musical training as a chorister of the Cappella Ducale at St Mark's and, probably, as a pupil of Giovanni Legrenzi. By 1689 he was known as a cellist and his growing number of compositions included operas,...Summary of life and works with comparisons drawn to other composers of the Baroque period and later.
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1935 Caldara is not a name many would recognise let alone regard as one of the great composers of the Baroque, yet during his own lifetime and long after his death he was held in high esteem by composers and theoreticians...Music files offered in MIDI format.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-c.html#CALDARA
Biography tracing his path from singer and instrumentalist to composer of vocal music includes notable positions and summary of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=1487
Miscellaneous art songs at recmusic.org with Italian texts. Some also have English translations.
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Antonio Caldara (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music) Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning not exhaustive...Brief biographical sketch commenting upon his virtuosity and compositional output with Naxos discography.
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Composer To say he was a gifted musician would be the understatement of the century as he was a brilliant viol player, cellist and keyboard player, and in his younger days had risen to the rank of choirboy at St Mark's...Karadar dictionary entry with brief life, portrait, comments on works, and links to related composers.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 Caldara is one of the most prolific composers of an unusually productive generation. He held important appointments in Mantua, Rome and Wien, wehn Italian vocal music was in rapid evolution. He was appointed Maestro di cappella to the Duke Ferdinando...