Emily Zazulia’s valuable ‘Where Sight Meets Sound: the Poetics of Late-Medieval Music Writing’ explores notational aesthetics in polyphonic music, where it’s not obvious how you’re meant to sing what’s on the page.
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Meet Nuova Pratica, a stylish ensemble with a progressive-retro attitude. They reject the notion that everything’s already been said in the Baroque language. By re-opening the book on Baroque composition, their new works are at turns fresh, varied, and imaginative.
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The innovative, cross-cultural work of Salamone Rossi, a Jewish musician at the Gonzaga court in Mantua, has long stirred controversy and strong opinion. The Bay Area’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra will perform Rossi’s 1623 ‘Songs of Solomon,’ a set of Psalm settings in Hebrew in the Italian polyphonic style.
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With the season in full swing and the holidays fast approaching, it’s a good time to revisit one of the most-read EMA stories of 2023. First published in January, it’s a top-10 list of “home stay” dos and don’ts. An early-music host shares his tips for making a home stay easy and low-stress for everyone. Share it with anyone who invites musicians into their house…and traveling musicians will be grateful.
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Long undervalued, Alessando Scarlatti’s vocal writing naturally weds singable lines with the Italian language. Ars Lyrica Houston’s colorful new recording of a Scarlatti oratorio, with an outstanding cast, makes a brilliant case for this rarely heard music.
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