Belle voci ou de l'influence italienne au style allemand

During the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century, commercial development and the emergence of a wealthy merchant class fostered the development of the arts and music. Baroque composers lived in a period of strong cultural expansion, and their works reflected the optimism and energy of a relatively opulent and dynamic period, in a Europe confident in its future. In the 17th century, vocal music occupied a predominant place in the musical landscape. Through its rhetorical and...