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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Appreciation/Music_Appreciation_II_(Kuznetsova)/12%3A_Baroque_Instrumental_Music_A._Vivaldi/12.07%3A_A._Vivaldi-_His_Life_and_LegacyThree of the concerti are of original conception, while the first, “Spring”, borrows motifs from a Sinfonia in the first act of his contemporaneous opera “Il Giustino“. The inspiration for the concert...Three of the concerti are of original conception, while the first, “Spring”, borrows motifs from a Sinfonia in the first act of his contemporaneous opera “Il Giustino“. The inspiration for the concertos was probably the countryside around Mantua. The resurrection of Vivaldi’s unpublished works in the twentieth century is mostly due to the efforts of Alfredo Casella, who in 1939 organized the historic Vivaldi Week, in which the rediscovered Gloria (RV 589) and l’Olimpiade were revived.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Appreciation/Music_Appreciation_II_(Kuznetsova)/09%3A_The_Renaissance/9.02%3A_Renaissance_MusicAs in the other arts, the music of the period was significantly influenced by the developments which define the early modern period: the rise of humanistic thought; the recovery of the literary and ar...As in the other arts, the music of the period was significantly influenced by the developments which define the early modern period: the rise of humanistic thought; the recovery of the literary and artistic heritage of ancient Greece and Rome; increased innovation and discovery; the growth of commercial enterprise; the rise of a bourgeois class; and the Protestant Reformation.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Appreciation/Music_Appreciation_II_(Kuznetsova)/15%3A_Classical_Instrumental_and_Chamber_Music_L._Beethoven/15.05%3A_Ludwig_van_BeethovenA new style emerged, now called his “late period”. He returned to the keyboard to compose his first piano sonatas in almost a decade: the works of the late period are commonly held to include the last...A new style emerged, now called his “late period”. He returned to the keyboard to compose his first piano sonatas in almost a decade: the works of the late period are commonly held to include the last five piano sonatas and the Diabelli Variations, the last two sonatas for cello and piano, the late string quartets (see below), and two works for very large forces: the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony.
