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The great Dieterich Buxtehude’s Praeludium in F# Minor, BuxWV 146. 

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Thursday's Theme: Classical Casepieces: A Handsome And Good Quality German Baroque Serpentine-Form Parquetry And Walnut-Veneered 3-Drawer Chest, First-Half 18th Century. Inlaid overall with parquetry and scrollwork inlay all raised on later bun feet; excellent restored condition with some replaced veneer. height: 32 3/4" width: 50 1/2" depth: 27 1/2" link: https://www.epocasf.com/node/9626/ . . . . . . . . #germanbaroque #baroque #baroquestyle #baroquefurniture #chestofdrawers #earlybaroque #casepieces #commodes #chestofdrawers #germany #18thcentury #parquetry #serpentine #luxuryfurniture #mobilier #antiques #instaantiques #antiquesdealer #sf #sanfrancisco #sfantiques #interiordesign #homedecor #decor #interiors #design #interiordecor #thursday #homedesign #luxury (at Epoca) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0oVIbMpmn5/?igshid=zgopim4zntqp

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Squeezing in another church on a one day visit. St Stephen’s Cathedral took centuries to build and consecrate, from 1147 to approx 1647. Like St Charles, it’s also a mix of different architectural styles although Gothic really reigns. #stephansdom #ststephenscathedral #cathedral #romanesque #gothic #earlybaroque #baroque #wien #vienna #austria #mongonthemove #stephanskirche #stephansplatz #architecture #design https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2g8o4gEoL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bmz5dv8knbo4

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A real Hurdy Gurdy man, playing a real hurdy gurdy, known in France as the vielle a tour (wheel fiddle). This musician's off to France for 3 weeks of performance. Whatever turns your crank! #hurdygurdyman #hurdygurdy #whateverturnsyourcrank #donovanhurdygurdyman #baroquemusicfestival #newportbeach #ancientinstruments #ancientmusic #viellederoue #frenchculture #culturaltravel #summermusicfestivals #musichistory #earlybaroque #hurdygurdynoise (at Newport Beach, California)

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Handel’s marvellous Dixit Dominus. 

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Beautiful Terpsichore music from Michael Praetorius and other composers. 

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Beautiful dances from Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). 

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I am stunned by the heavenly melodies inside Schütz’s Selig sind die Toten. Heinrich Schütz’s music contains such poignant feeling and vitality. One of the first pieces, if not the first, that I heard from Schütz was his In lectulo per noctes. From then, I was hooked by the simple richness of his melodic lines and how he fused Italian styles which he had learned from Giovanni Gabrieli with the nascent North German style. Later composers such as Bach would learn a great deal from him. 

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Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespra della beata vergine are some of the most transcendent works I have ever heard. Here is his Magnificat. 

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More from William Byrd, Ave Verum Corpus. Reminds me of when I collected Renaissance pieces such as these. Now it’s early German and French medieval works. 

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685- 1750) Sonata nach Reincken “Hortus Musicus” BWV 965. 

The theme from this work comes from Jan Adam Reincken’s Hortus Musicus series, a marvellous work featuring many innovative melodic and harmonic techniques. 

Like many other composers, Bach would transcribe the works of existing composers and use them as a template of study in counterpoint, fugue, harmony, etc. Fortunately, scholars have been able to identify the original composer, as there were no copyright laws at the time. Telemann was one of the few composers able to maintain intellectual control over his work. 

One of the most appealing parts of Bach’s complex character was his generosity and homage to his predecessors. Jan Adam Reincken was a friend of another great composer Bach admired, Dieterich Buxtehude, whom he visited in Lübeck. Apparently, Bach improvised a fantasia on the chorale An Wasserflüssen Babylon before Reincken, who reportedly said, "I thought that this art was dead, but I see that it lives in you." 

Whatever the case, we know Bach met Reincken in Hamburg, and his masterful adaptation of Hortus Musicus weaves in the original themes with daring new counterpoint and harmony. It culminates in a marvellous Gigue which summarises all the musical ideas thus far acquired, and includes energetic left hand parts. This once again showcases Bach’s requirement for both hands to play equal parts in music, leading the Baroque away from sedate accompaniment. 

As proof of the great North German organ tradition, it is worth nothing that Reincken was not only a friend of Buxtehude, but a pupil of Heinrich Scheidemann (1595- 1663), whose own organ works include dissonant harmonies that predate Bach. Scheidemann himself was a pupil of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562- 1621). 

These are the fathers of German organ tradition (though some were from The Netherlands and further afield) and Bach would have studied their work intensively throughout his life. No doubt he played and improvised upon them, too. If you want to succeed at anything, learn from the best. Strange as it may seem to us, when it came to organ music in Bach’s day, nobody was better than Buxtehude, Reincken, etc. 

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I have seen this video recommended by Youtube several times and never played it. Having decided to listen to new composers today, I am glad I changed my mind. Marin Marais (1656- 1728), was a French composer who studied under Jean-Baptiste Lully no less, and whose son Roland (1685- c.1750-- same lifespan as Bach!) was also a composer. Notably, Marais played the viol, a beautiful instrument popular during the Baroque age. 

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Biber, possibly one of the greatest violin composers of the Baroque era. Harmonia Artificiosa displays the full range of the Baroque violin during his time. Master of scordatura technqiue (tuning the violin strings to different pitches in order to play more ambitious works), Biber produced music of astounding technical virtuosity and liveliness for the violin, as well as choral sacred works. Well worth the listen!

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One of Schütz’s seminal works Psalmen Davids: the psalms of King David in song. Incredible work.