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Encyclopedia > Christmas Concerto

Arcangelo Corelli's Christmas Concerto is one of his most famous pieces. It is officially known as Concerto Grosso in G-minor, opus 6, number 8. Written in 1705, it is approximately 14 minutes long and contains 6 movements. The six movements are as follows: Arcangelo Corelli (February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713) was an Italian violin player and Baroque music composer. ... The concerto grosso (plural concerti grossi) (Italian for big concert) was a popular form of baroque music using an ensemble and usually having four to six movements in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and full orchestra (the ripieno). ... // Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ...

  1. Vivace-Grave
  2. Allegro
  3. Adagio-Allegro- Adagio
  4. Vivace
  5. Allegro
  6. Largo. Pastorale ad libitum

According to the New Oxford Companion to Music, the work gains its name from the inscription "fatto per la notte di Natale" ("Made for Christmas Night"), and the closing Pastorale evokes the scene in Bethlehem. The Oxford Companion to Music is a popular music reference book produced by the Oxford University Press. ... Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم house of meat; Standard Hebrew בית לחם house of bread, Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem; Greek: Βηθλεέμ) is a city in the West Bank under Palestinian Authority considered a central hub of Palestinian cultural and tourism industries. ...


The third movement was used in the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and is track 7 on the movie's soundtrack. [1] Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ...


References

  1. ^ http://www.classiccat.net/corelli_a/6-8.htm


 

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