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Springtänze: Gaillarde 1 (Danserye, 1551) by #TielmanSusato (1500-1601) #RenaissanceFlute #FlautaRenacentista #Susato #TenorFlute #RenaissanceMusic #FlautaTenor #MúsicaRenacentista #Danserye #Springtänze #Gaillarde #EarlyMusic #MúsicaAntigua #AlteMusik #MusiqueAncienne (at Edinburgh, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDvzESYhYmg/?igshid=1vyhy612lhf9w

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Early music sounds definitely better on period instruments and not on modern ones that use vibrato all the time, so for me, the 2nd version by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is my favourite one.

Good evening! I just saw your post about the Music of Marie Antoinette and since I can't attend the event, because I live in central Europe I wondered if you could enlighten me about the difference. I'm very enthusiastic about baroque music. Thank you for your time! :)

Hi! So great you are interested in baroque music! I have to say that living in central Europe is quite an advantage! Many festivals, concerts and groups are pretty near you.

There are many differences between a baroque (or early music if we’re talking about other older periods) and “modern” or classical interpretation: many things from the number of musicians playing to the speed they choose to play.

For a simple and fast explanation I’m gonna give two examples of very well known music in two quite different versions: Vivaldi’s four violin concerti Le Quattro Stagioni (ca. 1721, published in 1725).

First, this version by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Kenneth Sillito, Violin: Julia Fischer.

And now, this other version by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Conducted by Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, violin: Midori Seiler

WARNING: this video version has a choreography (that I find quite distracting) but the music is PERFECT. The four concerti are based in a sonnet, and the choreography is based in that sonnet, so you can read it HERE if you wanna know what is going on there XD.

Both are VERY different, right?

Well, the first version is like the ones we usually hear by a quite famous chamber orchestra (nowadays conducted by Joshua Bell). Of course it’s nice and good, but I have to say it is not the way i like my Vivaldi played.

The second version is by one of the most famous chamber orchestras who plays (mainly) early music.

Taking a look at the videos (and of course lending an ear) some of the differences easier to spot are:

The tones are different. Musicians in an orchestra tune their instruments to A, but before the late 19th century, A was not the same pitch everywhere (I know, wtf). Modern A is 440 hz but a baroque A could be as low as 392. Baroque performers nowadays use A=415 hz to tune their instruments. That’s why the second version is in a lower pitch.

The vibrato. Look at the violin players in both videos. The ones in the first version use their regular vibrato, and the ones in the second do not. In baroque music the vibrato was an ornament, so when it was used there was a reason for it, or sometimes it could be used at the end of a long note. This also applies to singers.

A baroque version may not sound like the music you remember. This is a funny one: in the baroque era many of the ornaments or embellishments that we now think as fixed in the music, were not even written and the musicians were supposed to add them to the music according to their taste and (of course) were supposed to know how and when ti use each and every one. Now, this make that people working with the music with no ornaments add their own ornaments and that makes that no version is just like another and that my friend, is what for me makes baroque music (played in a baroque way) so appealing. This is particularly delicious with singers (just went to a concert of Philippe Jaroussky last week and he never sung a single phrase the same way twice. I love him).

This of course, is very broad and simplistic way of explaining but I think these are the easier to spot details. Remember as well that many of these musicians may be playing original instruments from the period or reproductions, that also sound (and look) quite different from the modern versions (check the wind instruments! They were/are awesome!), and that the places where this music was played were different from our modern music halls, so a different sound and number of musicians were needed (in those times something like Mahler’s symphonies weren’t even an idea).

Also to all readers: if I wrote something totally outrageous and out of place or plainly wrong, please let me know and correct me! I’m always happy to learn and correct my infromation

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Finalmente, he renunciado al cristianismo y, con la respectiva excomunión, paso a ser apóstata. #apostasía #apóstata #paganismo #pagano #excomunión #ateo #agnóstico #apostasy #apostate #paganism #pagan #excommunication #atheist #agnostic https://www.instagram.com/p/BohO-yEBegP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iraxkx2img15

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On my way to Cardiff I've just learnt that my beloved cat Sophie Betancourt-Bittner passed away last night after being seriously ill. In the end, it was cancer. I'd like to thank everybody who sent their good vibes and took care of her especially Manu and Alejandra while I was away from home. I can't put into words how devastated Felipe and I feel right now for we raised Sophie since she was a kitten when she arrived at Casa Taller on Christmas Day 2010 being a month and a half old. Sophie was going to turn 8 years old on 31st October. She'll be terribly missed, but her spark will shine for eternity. #mourning #pet #cat #SophieBetancourtBittner #Providencia #Santiago #Chile

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And the 2018 Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category goes to: #AFantasticWoman Congratulations @dani.vega.h and all the team behind this inspiring film which was released last Saturday here in Cambridge. (at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

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The way you look tonight (Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee Crosby) Someday, when I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will feel a glow just thinking of you And the way you look tonight. Oh but, you're lovely With your smile so warm, and your cheek so soft There is nothing for me but to love you Just the way you look tonight. With each word your tenderness grows Tearing my fear apart And that laugh that wrinkles your nose Touches my foolish heart. Sweetheart, never, never change Keep that breathless charm Won't you please arrange it, 'cause I love you And the way you look tonight. Oh but, you're lovely With your smile so warm, and your cheek so soft There is nothing for me but to love you Just the way you look tonight. Just the way you look tonight. https://youtu.be/JnGmiYeCHEY

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#RedStringOfFate #HiloRojoDelDestino (at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

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Io Saturnalia! 17th December marked the beginning of #Saturnalia. Enjoy a wonderful week of #harvest up to 23rd December. #Cronos #Saturn #kronia #pagan #heathen #atheist #agnostic #pagano #ateo #agnóstico #Saturno #solstice #solsticio #IoSaturnalia (at Casa Taller - Providencia)

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Llegar directo de viaje a tocar. #Weihnachtskonzert (at Iglesia Luterana El Redentor)

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Haciendo hora en el aeropuerto. #Cástor&Pólux #Castor&Pollux (at Salones VIP Pacific Club - Temuco)

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I just got my Ethnicity Estimate on MyHeritage DNA! #DNA #MyHeritageDNA So I'm Latin American-Celt-Berber-Iberian-Ashkenazim-Inuit/Eskimo-Amazonian-Papuan. In the end, I'm an Earthling, a citizen of the world. 🌎 ⨁ This DNA test was a post-birthday present I received. The test kit had 2 swabs and 2 vials. I had to use the swabs to scrape the inside of my cheeks and collect epithelial tissue. Then, I ejected the swab sticks into the vials, placed them in a plastic bag, enclosed the bag into an addressed envelope, and mail it to the DNA lab in the US. (at Providencia, Chile)

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Hot day in Santiago! 😌 I don't usually upload videos of myself, but today I felt like it. 🤗 #LGBT #bearded #barbado #hairy #men #instagay #haircut #specs #Santiago #Chile (at Casa Taller - Providencia)

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5.- #BeatrizSanchez ✊🏼🖐🏼 #Presidenta #Elecciones #Chile #FrenteAmplio #ElPoderDeMuchos (at Providencia, Chile)

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Time to fight my inner ghosts. Happy #Samhain #Beltane! #pagan #heathen #agnostic #atheist Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in, Irish pronunciation: [sˠəuɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the 'darker half' of the year. Beltane /ˈbɛl.teɪn/ is the anglicised name for the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on 1st May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Neopagans in the Southern Hemisphere often celebrate Beltane at the other end of the year (around 1st November). (at Santiago, Chile)

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Happy #Samhain #Beltane! #pagan #heathen #agnostic #atheist Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in, Irish pronunciation: [sˠəuɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the 'darker half' of the year. Beltane /ˈbɛl.teɪn/ is the anglicised name for the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on 1st May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Neopagans in the Southern Hemisphere often celebrate Beltane at the other end of the year (around 1st November). (at Santiago, Chile)

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#OfBodiesChanged #ChristopherMavrocordatos #JakeEdlestone #Catriona #Lionheart #Day #Conrad #oasthouse #YellowRoom #morningstar #eveningstar #Greeklegends #TheMetamorphoses #atheists #agnostics #heathens #ghosts #dragons #banshee #cliffs #CliffJames #Literature #English (at Casa Taller - Providencia)

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#OfBodiesChanged #ChristopherMavrocordatos #JakeEdlestone #Catriona #Lionheart #Day #Conrad #oasthouse #YellowRoom #morningstar #eveningstar #Greeklegends #TheMetamorphoses #atheists #agnostics #heathens #ghosts #dragons #banshee #cliffs (at Casa Taller - Providencia)