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G. F. Handel – Air from Water Music Suite
G. F. Handel’s “Air” from the Water Music Suite (1) is a popular wedding music choice. It was composed in 1717 and will be played during the signing of the…
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Johann Sebastian Bach
…popular pieces for the organ. In 1717, Bach accepted a position with Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, a move that was met with resistance from Duke Wilhelm Ernst, who imprisoned Bach…
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Antonio Vivaldi
…commissions from other institutions, and his operas were performed in theaters across Italy. His set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons, composed around 1717-1721 during his term in…
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Handel’s Acis and Galatea – O Ruddier Than the Cherry – Performed by David van Asch
In 1717, Handel wrote the Chandos Galatea for the Duke of Chandos. It is a shepherd-meets-shepherdess story in which Acis is killed by Polyphemus and transformed into a stream. Polyphemus’…
