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Litania
Litania is the Latin term for litany, the plural is litaniae. Litania may also refer to: ;Books *''Litania'' (1952), collection of poems by Werner Aspenström ;Music *'' Litaniae'', compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *''Litania'', composition by Heinrich Schütz SWV 458 *''Litania'', composition by Friedrich Funcke *''Litania'', composition by Carin Malmlöf-Forssling *''Litania'', composition by Jeffrey Lewis (composer) Jeffrey Lewis (born 28 November 1942) is a Welsh composer. Biography and work Lewis was born in Neath, where he joined the church choir and began learning the organ, and now lives in Llanfairfechan. He studied at the University of Wales, Cardiff, ... (1993) * Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda, album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko *''Litania'' (), album by Jacek Kaczmarski 1986 *''Litania'', album by Margaret Leng Tan *''Litania'', album by Giovanni Lindo Ferretti 2004 See also * Litany (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litanies (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed four litanies in his service as a church musician for the Salzburg Cathedral, two of which are settings of the Litaniae Lauretanae, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The other two are settings of the Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, venerating the Eucharist. Mozart composed the works for four soloists, choir, instruments, and continuo. The litanies appeared in Bärenreiter's ''Neue Mozart-Ausgabe'' (NMA) in 1969. History Mozart composed four litanies in his service as a church musician for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg., , , , Litanies are prayers repeating acclamations, sometimes in responsory form. Mozart returned from his first Italian journey, begun in December 1769, to his Salzburg position as a ''Konzertmeister'' of the archbishop in March 1771. He composed his first litany, K. 109, dated May 1771, in the spirit of the Italian music he had encountered on his trip. It is a setting of the Marian litany Litaniae Laureta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Lewis (composer)
Jeffrey Lewis (born 28 November 1942) is a Welsh composer. Biography and work Lewis was born in Neath, where he joined the church choir and began learning the organ, and now lives in Llanfairfechan. He studied at the University of Wales, Cardiff, under Alun Hoddinott; with György Ligeti and Karlheinz Stockhausen at Darmstadt; with Bogusław Schaeffer in Kraków and with Don Banks in London. He taught at Leeds College of Music (1969–1972) and the University of Wales, Bangor (1973–1992), under William Mathias. Early performances included ''Fanfares with Variations'' and the ''Chamber Concerto'' with the BBC Welsh Orchestra under John Carewe, and, at the 1967 Cheltenham Festival, his ''Two Cadenzas'' for piano and ''Epitaphium - Children of the Sun'' for narrator, chamber choir, piano, flute, clarinet and percussion. BBC commissions included the orchestral works ''Mutations I'' (1969), ''Aurora'' (1973), ''Scenario'' (1975), ''Praeludium'' (1975), ''Memoria'' (1978) and ''Limina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litany
Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes through Latin ''wikt:litania, litania'' from Ancient Greek wikt:λιτανεία, λιτανεία (''litaneía''), which in turn comes from wikt:λιτή, λιτή (''litḗ''), meaning "prayer, supplication". Christianity Western Christianity This form of prayer finds its model in Psalm 136: "Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. Praise ye the God of gods . . . the Lord of lords . . . Who alone doth great wonders . . . Who made the heavens", etc., with the concluding words in each verse, "for his mercy endures for ever." The Litany originated in Antioch in the fourth century and from there was taken to Constantinople and through it to the rest of the East...From Constantinople the Litany was taken to Rome and the West. Josef Andreas Jungmann explains how the ''Kyrie'' in the Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (born 9 September 1953) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and author. He is considered to be one of the founders of Italian punk rock music. Biography Lindo Ferretti was born in Cerreto Alpi (''frazione'' of Collagna), in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the western part of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. After completing his studies and working as a psychiatric nurse for five years, Ferretti traveled around Europe. CCCP In East Berlin, he met , with whom, in 1982, he founded the band CCCP - Fedeli alla linea ("CCCP - Loyal to the line"). CCCP soon became a benchmark of the so-called "alternative music" in Italy. The band dissolved in 1990. CSI In 1992, again with Massimo Zamboni and with an original core member of the Italian band Litfiba, Gianni Maroccolo, he founded a new band called Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti ("Consortium of Independent Players"), also known as CSI. This band continued until 2000, when Zamboni departed. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Aspenström
Karl Werner Aspenström (13 November 1918 – 25 January 1997) was a Swedish poet. Born at Norrbärke, he was a member of the Swedish Academy, where he held Seat 12 from 1981 to 1997. Following his breakthrough in 1949 with ''Snölegend'' (''"Snow legend"'') he was considered one of the leading 20th-century Swedish poets, and his poetry has often been compared to the works of the Nobel Prize laureates Harry Martinson and Tomas Tranströmer. Aspenström claimed that his motivation for writing was "writing for his cat". He was a friend of Stig Dagerman Stig Halvard Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II. Biography Stig Dagerman was born Stig Halvard Andersson in Älvkarleby, Uppsala County. He later took h .... His widow died in 2015. Selected works * ''Förberedelse'' (1943) * ''Oändligt är vårt äventyr'' (prose, 1945) * ''Skriket och tystnaden'' (1946) * ''Snölegend'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Funcke
Friedrich Funcke (1642 – 20 October 1699) was a German composer. Life Funcke was born in Nossen. After studies in Wittenberg in 1660–61 he became Kantor at Perleberg. In 1664 he was appointed Kantor at St Johannis, Lüneburg where he stayed till 1694. He moved to Römstedt where he spent his last years. He died at Lüneburg. He is the composer of a ''St Matthew Passion'' that is quite important in the history of the oratorio. The passion has come down to us in two versions: one without and one with continuo (probably not written by Funcke). Works Secular works *Glückwünschender Zuruff (Wohlauff, mein schwacher Geist), S, 2 vn, bc (1664) *Trauer-Ode (Ach! was ist doch unser Leben), 6vv, bc (1664) *Klag- und Trost-Zeilen (Ach! Hertzeleid! Ja diss Leben-lose Leben), 6vv, bc (1665) *Seliger Abschied (Ach! Herr, ich warte auff dein Heil), 5vv, bc (1665) *Seeliger Abschied (Mensch, was ist des Lebens Zier), 6vv (1665) *Letzte Pflicht (Hier kurtze Zeit, ach leid), 6vv (1666) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carin Malmlöf-Forssling
Carin Malmlöf-Forssling (6 March 1916 – 11 September 2005) was a Swedish organist, choir director and composer. She was born in Gävle, Sweden, and completed her early studies in organ and directing in Uppsala in 1937. She continued her studies in composition with Melcher Melchers from 1941 to 1943 at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. She graduated with a teaching degree in 1942, and then continued her studies in piano and composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci .... Malmlöf-Forssling completed her education in 1957, and afterward worked as a music teacher and composer. Works Selected works include: *''Revival'', 1976 *''Flowings'', 1986 *''Ceremonial Prelude'' for organ, 1937 *''Sonata Svickel'' for solo flute, 1964 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Kaczmarski
Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author. Life He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski. Kaczmarski was a voice of the Solidarity trade union movement in 1980s Poland. His songs criticized the ruling communist regime and appealed to the tradition of patriotic resistance within Poles. He remains best known for his protest songs on social and political subjects (" Mury" (''Walls'') based on " L'Estaca" by Lluís Llach, "Obława" (''Wolf hunt (lit. Raid)'')). However, his commentary was not restricted to contemporary politics, and his texts' themes have retained their relevance in Polish culture beyond the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist bloc. He made his debut in 1977 at the Student Song Festival, where he was awarded first prize for his work "Obława" based on the song "Охота на волков" by Vladimir Vysotsky. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Leng Tan
Margaret Leng Tan () is a classical music artist known for her work as a professional toy pianist, performing in major cities around the world on her 51 cm-high toy pianos. She is also known to be a classical music performer using unconventional instruments like toy drums, soy sauce dishes, and cat-food cans. Early life and education Tan was born in Singapore on 12 December 1945, the daughter of former Straits Times Press chairman Tan Chye Cheng, and started taking music lessons at the age of six. In 1961 the young Tan took first place in the Singapore-Malaysia annual piano competition, and won a scholarship to study at The Juilliard School at age 16 in the following year. In 1971 she became the first woman to earn a Doctorate in Musical Arts at Juilliard, and became the diva of the prepared piano, inserting nuts and bolts into the instrument and playing it inside out to rave reviews. Musical career In 1981 Tan met John Cage, and since then they continued to work together f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphony, symphonic, concerto, concertante, chamber music, chamber, operatic, and choir, choral repertoires. Mozart is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Classical music, Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture". Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed Child prodigy, prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. At age five, he was already competent on keyboard and violin, had begun to compose, and performed before European r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He is credited with bringing the Italian style to Germany and continuing its evolution from the Renaissance music, Renaissance into the early Baroque music, Baroque. Most of his surviving music was written for the Lutheran church, primarily for the Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Electoral Chapel in Dresden. He wrote what is traditionally considered the first German opera, ''Dafne (Opitz-Schütz), Dafne'', performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost, along with nearly all of his ceremonial and theatrical scores. Schütz was a prolific composer, with more than 500 surviving works. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), Calendar of Saints of some North American Luth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Krzysztof Komeda
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. While scholars agree that music is defined by a small number of elements of music, specific elements, there is no consensus as to what these necessary elements are. Music is often characterized as a highly versatile medium for expressing human creativity. Diverse activities are involved in the creation of music, and are often divided into categories of musical composition, composition, musical improvisation, improvisation, and performance. Music may be performed using a wide variety of musical instruments, including the human voice. It can also be composed, sequenced, or otherwise produced to be indirectly played mechanically or electronically, such as via a music box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
