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Encyclopedia > 1711 in music

See also: 1710 in music, other events of 1711, 1712 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1709 in music, other events of 1710, 1711 in music, list of years in music. ... Events 24 February -- The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... See also: 1712 in music, other events of 1713, 1714 in music, list of years in music. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

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1 Events
2 Classical music
3 Opera
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Classical music

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (June 22, 1684 – October 6, 1762) was an Italian baroque composer, violinist, and church musician. ... Marin Marais (Born: 31 May 1656, Paris, France, Died: 15 August 1728, Paris, France) was a pupil of Lully and of the viol player Sainte-Colombe. ... Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678, Venice – July 28, 1741, Vienna), nicknamed Il Prete Rosso, meaning The Red Priest, was an Italian priest and baroque music composer. ...

Opera

This article is about opera as an art form. ... George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in England. ...

Births

William Boyce (September 1, 1711 – February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. ...

Deaths


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William Boyce (753 words)
In publications on music history in general, the English composer William Boyce is sometimes briefly mentioned among great Baroque composers like Händel and Bach.
Whatever the outcomes of discussions may be, baroque, galant style or pre-classical, the symphonies show engaging and fresh melodies and rythms and contain a number of purely English traits.
Even in the fugues we notice a strong choral underpinning and the old English affection for woodwind color and fanfare music is obvious.
Music Education (2431 words)
A general study of examples of music literature together with those fundamentals of form and design essential for the intelligent enjoyment of music; also such historical information as may be necessary to give rise to musical understanding and appreciation.
MS 3823 (3CR) MUSIC HISTORY II This course is designed to equip students with a rather in-depth understanding of the music of the Western world from the Baroque era through the twentieth century.
Special emphasis is placed on examining music of a high vocal, theoretical and aesthetic level over a broad range of choral literature..
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