Beautiful, and somewhat haunting.
Tag: 17th century composers
Come with us on a journey to the time of St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross.
Enjoy.
Performed by the Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Dowland’s genius had a pervasive influence on the music of English and continental lutenists in the early seventeenth century.
Purcell composed an anthem and two elegies for Queen Mary II’s funeral, his ‘Funeral Sentences’ and ‘Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary’.
Performed by the Purcell Quartet
Something rather well-known today. Enjoy.
Chamber music is on the menu today.
Johann Joseph Fux (1660 – 1741) was an Austrian composer and court musician of the late Baroque era.
