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Luca Casagrande – “Siedi, Amarilli mia” – Cantata a voce sola e Basso Continuo – Nicola Porpora (1686 – 1768). Italian composer and singing teacher. He entered the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo in Naples at the age of ten and studied there for approximately a decade; his first opera, Agrippina,was performed in the […]

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Luca Casagrande – “Insegnatemi a morire” – Cantata a voce sola e Basso Continuo – Antonio Cesti (1623 – 1669). Artistic Director and Producer Luca Casagrande http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfXjEsDNXXo

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The First Oratorio — The novelty of the new style, which was called the stilo rappresentativo (representative style), the vigor and freedom it gave to an impressive delivery of the text, aroused universal attention. Among the composers who essayed it was Emilio de’ Cavalieri (1550-1599). By applying it to a sacred subject, he originated the […]