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Musette (dance) , a French baroque dance style; see list of classical music genres; Musette de cour, or baroque musette, a musical instrument of the bagpipe family; Musette bechonnet, a type of French bagpipe; Musette bressane, a type of French bagpipe; Oboe musette or piccolo oboe, the smallest member of the oboe family
The oboe is especially used in classical music, film music, some genres of folk music, and is occasionally heard in jazz, rock, pop, and popular music. The oboe is widely recognized as the instrument that tunes the orchestra with its distinctive 'A'. [3] A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist.
The bourrée has been used by a number of pop and rock music bands, particularly Bach's E minor Bourrée for the lute.In 1969 both Bakerloo and Jethro Tull released versions of this, the former as a single, "Drivin' Bachwards", on Harvest Records (HAR 5004) in July and on their self-titled debut album (Harvest SHVL 762) the following December, the latter on their August album Stand Up.
The oboe d'amore was invented in the eighteenth century and was first used by Christoph Graupner in his cantata Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güt (1717). Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many pieces—a concerto, many of his cantatas, and the Et in Spiritum sanctum movement of his Mass in B minor—for the instrument.
Jean Hotteterre (1677–1720) was a French composer and musician of the Hotteterre family. [1]Hotteterre worked at the family workshop on the Rue de Harlay, Paris until his death at the court of Louis XIV of France.
While some Baroque instruments fell into disuse e.g. the theorbo and rackett, many Baroque instruments were changed into the versions still in use today, such as the Baroque violin (which became the violin), Baroque oboe (which became the oboe) and Baroque trumpet, which transitioned to the regular valved trumpet.
The circle claps and dances in place, while individuals join a line which rhythmically paces around the inside of the circle. The Liwa is a more casual dance than the others, and can be performed with great spirit and banter from the young men who usually take part. The three backing drums for this dance are the shindo, the jabwah, and the ...
Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Today historical dances are danced as performance , for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment , or for musicological or historical research.