Italian Music Research Paper

There are many types of genres when it comes to Latin music. There is Cumbias, jazz, pop, country, rock, etc. and each have a different element to them making it very diverse. Music is so fascinating in which every type of music has a different rhythm or instrument and even dance to it.

Throughout history, various styles of music have developed to further the evolution and complexity of music, wether it be commissioned by nobility or, composed for the enjoyment of the normal, common populace. English madrigals, though not the longest lasting style, is one such form of music that has had a lasting impact on the continuing composition of music.

     Giovanni Battista Lulli was born on November 28, 1632. His father, Lorenzo di Maldo, was a miller and his mother, Caterina del Sera, was a miller’s daughter. Lully was born in Florence, Italy and lived there until age 11. While in Italy he studied dance and music; he played violin and guitar. In March of 1646 he moved to France to tutor Mlle de Montpensier in Italian. There he studied composition and harpsichord. Lully was able to hear the King’s grande bande perform, witness balls where the best French dance music was played.

Two types of stringed keyboard instrument were available to the household or court musician from the 16th century to the middle of the 18th: the harpsichord and its near relations, the spinet and virginal; and the clavichord.

The Italian Renaissance was a movement that occurred between the 14th and 17th centuries. At the end of the 14th century, a handful of Italian thinkers declared that they were living in a new age. They declared that the barbarous, and unenlightened times were over (also known as the Middle Ages) and that the new age would be a “rinascità” or rebirth of learning and literature, art and culture. The major characteristics or feature of the era when it came to the arts were Classicism, Light & shade, Perspective, Realism & expression, and Emphasis on the human body. When it came to the culture and architecture, and learning they referred to the Greek and romans, and Humanism.

Giovanni Palestrina was an Italian composer who was born in Palestrina, near Rome. Giovanni was born on February 3, 1525 and died February 2, 1594. He studied with Robin Mallapert and Firmin Label. Giovanni went to school at St. Maria Maggiore. He spend most of his job in the city. Giovanni was influenced by the Northern European style of polyphony. He played organ for his church that he was deeply into.

In a place filled of talented people, Italy was the location in which performance was vital in a rich or important person’s life. Wranke’s article explains how important it was to have talent, in Italy, during the renaissance. The renaissance is known as the rebirth of painting, sculpting, and almost everything we could possibly think off.

When thinking about the Baroque period, people tend to only associate it with instrumentalists and composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, George Fredrich Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. However, in addition to such instrumentalist and composers, there are some great vocalists who represent the Baroque period but are not widely recognized today. Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi, who is better know by his stage name, Farinelli, is an Italian vocalist of the 18th century and one of the remarkable singers in the history of music. According to Charles Burney, an English music historian, Fairnelli “set off with such brilliancy and rapidity of execution that it was difficult for the violins of those days to keep pace with him… [he] could

According to Oxford Music Library,Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is an Italian composer who was born in Palestrina a town outside of Rome, but He spent most of his life in Rome. In Rome, he began to study music at S Maria Maggiore under Robin Mallapert and Goudimel.

Puccini was born in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy on December 22, 1858 in a house in Corte San Lorenzo. This house was where he spent the first twenty-two years of his life at. Being born into a family with 5 generations of music behind it, he had big shoes he had to fill. He was one of seven children of Michele Puccini and Albina Magi. Puccini was just five years old when his father died and wasn’t capable of taking over his fathers job as a composer, organist, and a teacher. After his father died, his mother sent him to his uncle Fortunato Magi, hoping he can help him with his music. Magi considered Puccini as a poor and undisciplinded student and told his mom, Albina, to give up hopes for her son. Most people think it was that Fortunato was actually jealous of Puccini’s talent, an was afraid he might ruin

Born in Marseille, France, on September 4, 1896, Antonin Artaud worked as an actor onstage and in film with works like La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. He was involved in the surrealist movement as a writer and came up with the idea known as "The Theater of Cruelty," which argued that drama must abandon its emphasis on text and rely on more mysterious, primal expressions of sound, movement and light. Considered among the most influential figures in the evolution of modern drama theory, Antonin Artaud associated himself with Surrealist writers, artists, and experimental theater groups in Paris during the 1920s.

What is your preference when it comes to music? There are a numerous amount of different styles and rhythms in the world today to choose from. Some people are from the oldies era, some from the disco era. From Elvis Presley and the Beatles, to the 80s and up, there is something for everyone. When I turn on the radio, I hear a lot of rap, country, and heavy metal. The one thing I don't hear a lot of is classical. I love classical music. There are two men that stand out and make my goosebumps stand up when I hear their names. Mozart and Beethoven. These are two of the most famous composers of classical music in the world. Between them, they changed the rules of music and drastically enlightened folks with their brilliant minds forever.

Born in December 1858 in Lucca (Italy). He died in November 1924 in Brussels (Belgium). Puccini is the last successor of a family that for two centuries has provided the music directors of the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca. He was orphaned at the age of five after his father's death. The Lucca community supported the family with a small pension. He started studied music with two of his father’s old learners and Lucca started playing organs in small locals churches. After his mother's death. Puccini fled from Lucca with a married woman, Elvira Gemignani. Finding in their passion the courage to confront the truly enormous scandal achieved by their illegal union, they lived first in Monza. near Milan, where their son Antonio was born. In 1890 they moved to Milan and in 1891 they moved to Torre del Lago, a fishing village on Lake Massaciuccoli in Tuscany. Beginning with his opera, Puccini carefully selected the subjects for his operas and spent a lot of time on the preparation of the text/theme.

The first composer I chose to listen to and research more about was Antonio Vivaldi. He

Niccolo Paganini was born in Genoa,Italy on October 27th, 1782. As a young boy, he was taught to play the violin and the mandolin by the elder Paganini, which played the mandolin and gained profit from doing so. As he grew up, he was somewhat of a prodigy. He displayed fascinating music talent and was also taught by the best teachers in Genoa. Given his talent with the violin, he could’ve became an inspiration. He was widely known because he was a travelling performer. Niccolo’s reputation was raised due to a concert within Europe.