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Habsburg Music for two Trumpets

1/19/2024, 11 Tracks, 57:17

Featuring

  • Jean-François Madeuf
  • Julian Zimmermann
  • Raphaël Pouget
  • Paul Rintelen
  • Florian Pöttler
  • Barbara Konrad
  • Marrie Mooij
  • Sylvestre Vergez
  • Boyana Maynalovska
  • Ronan Kernoa
  • Magdalena Schauer
  • Eugène Michelangeli
  • István Bátori
  • Klaus Hubmann
  • The Rossetti Players
  • Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
  • Antonio Bertali
  • Anonymous
  • Philipp Jakob Rittler
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky
  • Antonio Draghi
  • Ferdinand Tobias Richter

Did you know?

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Historical Context

The music archive at Kroměříž, Czech Republic, is important because it preserves many works that have been lost from Vienna's archives.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

All Habsburg emperors were musically talented, with some, like Emperor Leopold I (1658-1705), being excellent composers.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

In the 17th century, the trumpet held a special social status; its use was forbidden for common citizens and lower classes.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The stylus phantasticus, a genre of instrumental music, allowed musicians the greatest freedom to express spontaneous imagination, unrestricted by text.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Field trumpeters, who were nobles, received two years of training and held the rank of sergeant in the army.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Bishop Karl Liechtenstein Kastelkorn (1624-1695) restored the region of Moravia after the Thirty Years' War, rebuilding residences and fostering music.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The stylus choraicus, another instrumental genre, drew inspiration from social dance rhythms, with balletti pieces originally intended for dancing rather than listening.

Source: Booklet

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