Word: scarlotti
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Selections from different operas will be sung at the concerts, illustrating the development of the opera from the 17th century to the present day. Beginning with Italian composers such as Monteverda and Scarlotti, selections will be rendered next from Lully and Rameau, and German operas by Gluck, Mozart, Von Weber, and others, down to the works of modern composers such as Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, and Verdi. Among the prominent opera singers who will probably take part, are Constantine, Bernice Fisher, Maria Gay, Zenatello, Kaphek Mardones, Tavecchia, and Slezak...
...funny effect. Among the other examples of the early writers were several old English pieces, of the first half of the 17th century, especially a "Hunting Jigg," by Dr. John Bull, a celebrated player on the "Virginal," an instrument much like the clarichord; likewise the Cat's Fugue by Scarlotti, and selections from the English Suite by Bach. Much interest attaches to these early attempts as being the forerunners of our present piano music...
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