Week 24-25: Four Musical Instruments of the Baroque Era (continued)
1. Stuff done these week - Continued my research on 4 Baroque instruments. This time the flute and viol. - Listened to various compositions that employ these instruments. I included youtube reference sources in this blog. 2. Listening done this week Here an example of Baroque flute music composed by Michel de la Barre (1675 -1743 or 1744), who was known as a virtuoso on the instrument. The clip shows a fine specimen of the instrument built by the Hotteterre family. The music is a suite, a dance in binary form. Moreover, I was researching performances of Baroque compositions featuring the Viola da gamba and found this performance of music composed by Francois Couperin from " Les Goûts réunïs" (1724). The sound of the instruments is rather mellow as compared to a violin family instrument. 3. What I learned The Transverse Flute (woodwind) The wooden transverse flute or Baroque flute became very popular in the second ha