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Alan Curtis (harpsichordist)

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Alan Curtis (November 17, 1934July 15, 2015) was an American harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor of baroque opera. [1]

20 relations: Amsterdam, Christian Zell, Claudio Monteverdi, Conducting, Europe, Goldberg Variations, Gustav Leonhardt, Harpsichord, Harpsichordist, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Sebastian Bach, List of period instruments, Louis Couperin, Mason, Michigan, Musicology, Opera, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Christian Zell

Christian Zell (or Zelle) (c. 1683 – 13 April 1763) was a German harpsichord maker.

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Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (15 May 1567 (baptized) – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster.

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Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Goldberg Variations

The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are a work written for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations.

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Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt (30 May 1928 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor.

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Harpsichord

A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard which activates a row of levers that in turn trigger a mechanism that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum.

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Harpsichordist

A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord.

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras.

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Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau (–) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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List of period instruments

In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written.

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Louis Couperin

Louis Couperin (c. 1626 – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer.

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Mason, Michigan

Mason is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Musicology

Musicology is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Curtis_(harpsichordist)

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