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Passions Old And New
Setting the Passion to music is a tradition nearly as old as the story itself. As early as the fifth century, the liturgy for Holy Week included plainchant settings of the Gospel accounts. It was the task of a single deacon to present the entire Passion, distinguishing between the narrative portions, the words [...]
This Week’s Feature: Passion Setting 20th Century Style
It’s Holy Week and Miss Mussel’s masters thesis was on 20th century setting of the Passion with particular emphasis on the Passion 2000 Project involving Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, Wolfgang Rihm and Sofia Gubaidulina. As such, each day this week will be devoted to a different aspect of Passion setting.
Today’s episode is history-related, with [...]
Quiz #8 Clue One
There’s been one guess of Lully so far. Lukewarmish but off in the right direction. Perhaps the additional track and these fabulous clues will help illuminate the answer.
1) The composer had a family member called Anna Magdalena
2) He lived and worked in Salzburg
3) Around the time the piece was composed Antony Van Leeuwenhoek [...]
Quiz #8
Morning Quiz Fans,
You know the drill.
Name of composer, date of composition and name of piece.
Guesses to hello@theomniscientmussel.com so as not to spoil the fun for the others. Comments that don’t reveal the answer are most welcome in the public comments box.
Winners on Weds or whenever the answer comes in. Whichever is later.
Clues daily.
Listen here.
Good luck.
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