Biagio Marini: Sonata in ecco con tre violini (Echo Sonata), Voices of Music
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- One of the most unusual and finest compositions of the early 17th century in Italy is the "Echo" Sonata of Biagio Marini. Marini's title in Italian reads: "Sonata in ecco [sic] con tre violini", and he further specifies that the two echo violins should not be seen. (The original sources use the spelling "ecco" goo.gl/TB59J9) In this performance, the violins were placed in the upper level of the balcony, just under the ceiling--barely visible in the low light. The solo part combines double stops with virtuosic riffs to further create the illusion of more players. Performed on original instruments by the San Francisco Early Music Ensemble Voices of Music. Featuring Carla Moore, solo baroque violin; Lisa Grodin and Katherine Kyme, echo violins; William Skeen, baroque five string cello, Dominic Schaner, theorbo; David Tayler, archlute, Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ. Voices of Music performs in and records our concerts in St. Mark's Lutheran, SF. 17th-century style bows were used for this performance. Temperament: meantone.
@Sleepx In Early Music, the tones of the scale are not all the same size as they are today (equal temperament). The result is that some keys sound more in tune (and some less in tune). Organs always sound better in meantone, one of the many temperaments.
Италианският народ е благословен с така много таланти. Това е забележителна Божия любов !!!
Between the last decades of the Renaissance and the early decades of the early Baroque, the musicians made harmonic experiments using space. As in the Sonatas of Giovanni Gabrieli, B.Marini positions the 3 violins in different spaces, to obtain the echo effect. The chord is completed in the acoustic effect of the resonance. The painting had also experienced geometrical issues and spatial illusions before.
why and where did we lost this beauty??
What a beautiful piece of music, beautifully played. The "echo" conceit is wonderful!
Beautiful.
Heavenly music, thank you.
voor het eerst gehoord : applaus for composer and players !
Superb.
Marvellous!
How holy! :)
wow gorgeous
Great job. You have a violin with echo power.
Marini's title in Italian reads: "Sonata in ecco con tre violini" - In Italian reads: "ECO" not "ECCO" that means "Here it is!" instead. :) :)
Thank you for your comment. All of the original sources we looked at use the spelling "ecco", and so do we! Here is the critical commentary for this piece goo.gl/TB59J9
If you have an original source by Marini with a different spelling, please send us the link and we will add it to the notes.
OK yes you're right the original title is that one, I just wanted to let you know that it is an "old italian" speech. in the modern italian language that "ECCO" is "ECO". :) just for information :) I apologize for my mistake.
Playing it on the mountain it should have the echo !
Wait! If the 2 Violins and Lute are in the Balcony, then how can I see them if I’m in the Audience? It’s supposed to be a sonata with echoing violins. Right?
You can see them from the audience easily. It's a low, U-shaped balcony.
I know I'm really late, but I know that the composer himself wrote on the score that the 2nd and 3rd violins should not be seen by the audience. However I don't really know if they were actually hidden or they were like on a balcony or on the sides of a church, where the audience could see them. What's important is that the listeners should perceive the other two violins as an echo.
What is temperament?
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Title should be Sonata in eco and not ecco. Pazienza !
I'm afraid you are mistaken; you can look it up on IMSLP. This language comes directly from the _seicento._
@@VoicesofMusic
An error by Marini or the scrivener. Even la crusca finds no antecedent.
Orthographic errors are normally retained where the sense is understood
but this one is misleading and the listener needs to know the correct
meaning of the sonata being played