by maestro | J Oct, 2016 | General music, Learning
Cima was an important and eminent Italian composer of the early 17th century. He was born around 1570 and it seems that he received an excellent education. His remarkable talent as a keyboard player was noticed during his teenage and young adult years. Cima lived his...
by maestro | J Oct, 2016 | General music, Learning
Christopher Tye was an early English Renaissance composer and organist. He was born around 1505 in East Anglia. Records show that he trained at the University of Cambridge and became choirmaster at Ely Cathedral. He is famed as the music teacher of Edward VI of...
by maestro | J Oct, 2016 | Announcements, Concert, General music, Learning
We know little of Charles d’Ambleville. He was born on june 6, 1588 in the diocese of Évreux and passed away on July 6, 1637. On September 29, he joined the novitiate with the Jesuit. In 1620 he was in charge of procurement for a convent in Rouen where he was also...
by maestro | J Oct, 2016 | General music, Learning
Josquin des Prez was born around 1450 in the county of Hainaut or possibly just across the border in modern-day France. Josquin was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early renaissance. He was the most famous and influential European composer. Considered to be the...
by maestro | J Sep, 2016 | Advertising, Announcements, Concert, General music, Learning
Palestrina was a highly proficient and acclaimed composer of the Italian Renaissance who produced a large body of sacred music. He is best-known as the 16th Century representative of the Roman School of Musical Composition. Palestrina’s works are seen as the pinnacle...
by maestro | J Sep, 2016 | Advertising, Announcements, Concert, General music, Learning
Orlando di Lasso is believed to have been born in Mons, Belgium around 1532. He was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late renaissance and was considered to be one of the most famous and influential composers in Europe at the end of the 16th century. Orlando di Lasso...
