Born c 1620/3, little is known about Johann Heinrich Schmelzer before 1649 … Read Full Bio ↴Born c 1620/3, little is known about Johann Heinrich Schmelzer before 1649 when he became an employee at the Imperial Chapel in Vienna. Schmelzer remained in the service of the Imperial Court until 1680 when the Court evacuated to Prague to avoid the plague. Unfortunately, Schmelzer fell victim to the disease.
Schmelzer's greatest contributions were to the development of the Sonata and Suite forms.
His pupils include Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and Johann Jakob Walther.
Schmelzer's greatest contributions were to the development of the Sonata and Suite forms.
His pupils include Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and Johann Jakob Walther.
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Ciaccona in A Major
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Lyrics
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@migves540
It brings very pleasant emotions, thank you.
@JarrettsAnnouncements
This matches driving in rain perfectly
@srinjoychattopadhyay5193
I absolutely agree with you
@joshscores3360
Sounds like a Christmas carol
@hansneusidler7988
Maybe IT is?
@dereksheldon0356
It's in A major. So why is it written with the key signature of D major, and then all the 'g' notes have to be sharpened by accidentals? Why not give it the key signature of A major?
@SisselOnline
It's kind of a modal tradition in Baroque period, where the major or minor concept was primarily from the modes.
@Divergent_Integral
In Schmelzer's day, A major was still to some extent considered to be a transposition of the Mixolydian mode. Since the "standard" Mixolydian mode, which has G as finalis, is notated without accidentals (i.e., like C major), it follows that A Mixolydian should get the key signature of the major key whose tonic is a fifth down from A. That is to say, A Mixolydian should get the key signature for D major.
@janmarecek3781
It is not amateur!
Schmelzer was professional: it is very nice, playable, ...
Ms. Schmitt and other musicians on the track (like Krigovsky etc.), they are all professionals.
Slow is not amateur! Vice versa to play it well you need to be the musician.
@SisselOnline
Lol I'm not saying that the performance is amateurs, but the work is mostly for amateurs (as the commissioner was amateur and that he said he needed to play it for auditions(