Due to legal complications engineered by Jean-Baptiste Lully and effected by Louis XIV, Marc-Antoine Charpentier's brilliant incidental music for Molière's final comedy, Le Malade imaginaire (1672-1674), was subjected to two drastic revisions. Despite the composer's usual precautions and careful maintenance of his manuscripts, the work's ordering ...
Remember All the Mornings of the World, that sumptuously photographed, brilliantly acted, and thoroughly depressing art house movie about French gamba players? Remember how it helped bring the music for gamba and a host of gamba virtuosos to the attention of a much larger audience? Remember how the larger audience's attention wandered away after a ...
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