Word: telemann
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great early composers. Bach. Telemann. Scarlatti. Monteverdi. Pachelbel...
Everything before Bach is often lumped under the vague title of early music, a flourishing subfield. Besides Bach, well-known baroque composers include Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann...
...wafts from speakers in chic boutiques and fancy bookshops as well. Like its predecessors, Muzak and Mantovani, New Age music is easily disparaged. Yet music that relaxes need not be devoid of content. Bach composed the Goldberg Variations to ease the slumbers of an insomniac, and his contemporary, Telemann, wrote reams of Tafelmusik, music intended as background to dining. Quality is not necessarily restricted by function...
...time. "If you look at Bach's obituary notice in 1750, they praised him as the greatest organist and clavier player of all times, but they had very little understanding of him as a composer," Wolff explained. Marvin added that in Bach's time, other composers, like Handel and Telemann were more acclaimed...
CLASSICAL: Empire Brass Quintet; music of Schumann, Etler, Telemann et al.; Morse Auditorium; Saturday...