Word: vivaldi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...music, men of considerable artistic stature are lost to view in the shadow of a contemporary titan who dominates his period to the exclusion of all lesser figures. With Bach and Handel towering over them the lesser composers of the early 18th Century have been almost entirely obscured. Vivaldi, Corelli, Teleman, Rosenmuller and Rameau are only a few of the composers of this period whom the average concert-goer classifies--if at all--as "like Bach, but not as good...
These composers are not lacking in individuality and originality. Like the lesser artists of any period who for some reason have not produced the consistently superior quality of work which would raise them to the very top, they have contributed much that is worthy of attention. Vivaldi, for instance, though primarily a violin virtuoso whose love of flash and dexterity often carried him to vacuous extremes, had command of form and gift for thematic invention admired even by Bach who borrowed extensively from his works. The Longy School faculty concert tonight at Agassiz Theatre will present Vivaldi's "Four Seasons...
...century chamber music which is at its best in the atmosphere of intimacy and informality which these recitals always have. The concert of two piano music and songs at the Longy School tonight promises to be very good, and their Faculty Concert next Tuesday in which they will present Vivaldi's Four Seasons should not be overlooked...
Bach Recital (E. Power Biggs, playing the Bach Organ at the Germanic Museum, Cambridge, Mass.: Technichord:* 10 sides). On Harvard's limpid-toned 18th-Century facsimile organ (TIME, March 21), Organist Biggs makes Bach sparkle. Contains a Bach-Vivaldi concerto, Trio Sonata No. 1 and the "St. Anne" Fugue...
Represented on the program are works of Bach, Frederick the Great, Haydn, Ramean, Vivaldi, and other renowned composers. In addition to being a statesman, Frederick the Great was a zealous musician, composing extensively for and playing the flute...