Did you know that a baroque era composer – Georg Philipp Telemann – earned the Guinness Book of World Record’s title of “most prolific composer”?? On this Labor Day holiday weekend, Sunday Baroque will celebrate the hard working musicians of the 18th century with a sampling of his thousands of compositions. It’s on Sunday Baroque.
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For some musicians in the baroque era, making music was only a part-time profession … some strategically worked day jobs until they could support themselves in music, some had family wealth that allowed them to be dilettantes, and quite a few women composers in the baroque era were nuns who composed sacred music for their religious communities. You’ll hear compositions by some of these part- time musicians on Sunday Baroque this Labor Day weekend.
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For many composers, making music was only a part-time profession. Two of the composers whose music you’ll hear today were nuns from their teenage years and continued to compose music from the convent. You’ll hear music composed by a range of those with other primary vocations on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Tomaso Albinoni was the son of a wealthy paper merchant and playing card maker, and music was more of a hobby for him while his father was alive. You’ll hear music by Tomaso Albinoni and other musicians with day jobs on Sunday Baroque this Labor Day weekend.
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In honor of the Labor Day holiday weekend, Sunday Baroque will feature some of the hardest working musicians of the 16th through 18th centuries: exceptionally prolific composers including German musician Michael Praetorius whose created more than 1500 compositions, Venetian violinist Antonio Vivaldi whose varied output included some 500 Concertos, and Neapolitan harpsichord virtuoso Domenico Scarlatti, who composed more than 500 solo keyboard sonatas.
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As you’re relaxing Sunday, maybe enjoying extra time off, you can listen to some very hard-working musicians. Some of the world’s most-recorded classical musicians will play music by some of the hardest-working 18th century musicians. It’s the highlight of Sunday Baroque this Labor Day holiday weekend.
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Being a musician in the baroque era could be a position of respect and admiration, or it could be a grind. A lot of it depended on the relationship between the musician and his boss. On this Labor Day weekend, Sunday Baroque will feature musicians with good (and not-so-good) bosses.
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