Posted by ed_uk2010 on December 6, 2013, at 15:08:29
In reply to Re: Fugues from unexpected sources, posted by sigismund on December 4, 2013, at 20:16:54
> The terrible passage?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPzJnGjWq5UI'm enjoying your Bach links Sigi. What's not working?
Albinoni wrote a lot of pretty fugul style for strings. The pieces were generally in 5 parts called 'concerti a cinque'. The five parts were 1st violin, 2nd violin, 1st viola, 2nd viola and cello.
For example, a couple of brief cheerful movements:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85cC2v5DXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V0tieaT1g
A more serious minor key fugue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7QMATFjdSw
Some of Albinoni's later work was less contrapunctal but deliciously attractive and melodic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTutKOv9PBY
Oh, and please bear in mind, the most popular piece 'by' Albinoni, 'The Adagio for Strings' is NOT by Albinoni. It was written in the 1930s by an Italian musician who liked Albinoni, but it's not really in Albinoni's style.
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