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Voices of Music (VOM) is a non-profit American musical ensemble based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in the performance of early music, especially Renaissance music, and Baroque compositions, using historically informed musical performance practices and instrumentation.
Literal translation Definition A cappella: in chapel style: Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing Aria: air: Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo opera or ...
The pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats mezza voce Half voice (i.e. with subdued or moderated volume) mezzo Half; used in combinations like mezzo forte (mf), meaning moderately loud mezzo forte (mf) Half loudly (i.e. moderately loudly). See dynamics. mezzo piano (mp) Half softly (i.e. moderately soft). See dynamics. mezzo ...
Spem in alium (Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each.It is considered by some critics to be the greatest piece of English early music.
The earliest chansons were for two, three or four voices, with first three becoming the norm, expanding to four voices by the 16th century. Sometimes, the singers were accompanied by instruments . The first important composer of chansons was Guillaume de Machaut , who composed three-voice works in the formes fixes during the 14th century.
The audience was encouraged to keep quiet when McIntyre was singing the 'Voices of Spring' number. Musical films with the name Frühlingsstimmen were made in Austria in 1933 (with music by Oscar Straus) [6] and in 1952 (with music by Alfred Uhl). [7] The waltz was choreographed as a ballet by Sir Frederick Ashton, under the name Voices of Spring.
Some other gigantic polychoral works from the same time include Thomas Tallis's famous and often-performed Spem in alium nunquam habui, for 40 voices, which may have been a response to hearing either the motet or the Mass in 1567; Stefano Rossetto's 50-voice motet Consolamini popule meus; and Cristofano Malvezzi's 30-voice intermedio for ...
Ancient Voices of Children is a musical composition written in 1970 by the American composer George Crumb, and is subtitled "A cycle of songs on texts by Federico García Lorca". It is scored for soprano , boy soprano , oboe , mandolin , harp , amplified piano (and toy piano ), and percussion (three players).