In terms of melodic design, this is the simplest of the pieces in this series of posts: strong emphasis on ^5 throughout and an uncomplicated treatment of the upper register resulting in a simple ascending Urlinie.
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Music in 17th century Vienna, part 2
Continuing the series of posts on music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, here is another courante from from DTÖ volume 56. The suite is titled Partita ex Vienna, and its five numbers are Branle de village, Courente, Sarabande, Brader Tantz zu Wien, and Alio modo. I have no further information on the piece, as the introduction to volume 56 was published separately (that is, not included in the music volume).
In terms of melodic design, this is the simplest of the pieces in this series of posts: strong emphasis on ^5 throughout and an uncomplicated treatment of the upper register resulting in a simple ascending Urlinie.
In terms of melodic design, this is the simplest of the pieces in this series of posts: strong emphasis on ^5 throughout and an uncomplicated treatment of the upper register resulting in a simple ascending Urlinie.
