New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
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,,s,, These pieces IN Mozart's time
we're written as "occs SIGNALS" and diff
,.rsd little from each other. II at all, eX
ant possibly. in the uses 90 which they
s,rs put. They consisted OF any desired
-rrber Of movements and any desired
,omblna,ion Of instruments. both ele-
nsn,s depending apparently on circum-
stances. There might. be string instru-
rspts alone or wind instruments alone.
Or string and wind instruments COM
,ned
The pivertimento which ia 70 be played
IN this occasion is one Of three in the
ams key. and is distinguished in kocheI
catalogue nv being numbered 49, Mozart
Composed il I'm June. 1772. when he was
sueen and one-half years Old lie had
,s,urred from his second Italian trip IN
December. 177l. The month of January.
~ was lost to him because Of Illness.
IN February q he wrote a symphony; in
March 2 litany. in April an opera Cu
sogno d Scipione'D and in May Re
rna cell" and three symphonies. The
,u,ograph Of the Divertimento bears the
-scription "di Wolfg Amadeo Mozart
slisburgo mel mese di Giugno liz. IL
vas published in score in the complete
,6ton OF Mozarts works, but the orcnes-
wl parts have not yet been printed. The
t,r horns which constitute the brass
,sor had been used before by the pre-
,ocous composer. though not in the strik-
n.b Independent way in which they are
used here lie had introduced them in
rr.. Of his symphonies, in the introduc-
ton TO "Bethulia liberata' and the ac-
conpaninents OF "Ascanio. "Finta
Gisrdiniera" and Re Pastore."
With the name Of Giovanni Giacomo
isstoldi a new one is added 10 the long
Isl Of those whose compositions have
ns.n sung al the concerts OF the Musical
Art Society. He was born at Caravsggio
about the middle Of the sixteenth cen
Nry, and died in the first decade
@. the seventeenth as maestro di capella
Al Santa Barbara. in Mantua; the
'1act dates have not been established By
Dr. Burney. who saws that he was some
lines called Castaldi, found his "Balletti
!. col vers per cantare suonare bal
are printed n Venice in 1891 30 on his
quincy IN search Of material for his
history Of rnusic. and printed two eX-
snples Of his CHEEKY secular pieces in the
lsird volume Of that work. Commenting
On ths title or the collection in which the
pscs was found. Dr.. Burney remarked:
This puts the derlva ton OF our word
osad out OF all doubt which originally
meant song that was sung and danced
The same time The tunes OF Gastoldi
are all very lively. and more graceful
'hsn any I have seen before the cultiva-
toh Of melody for the stage. The first
eeton OF these ballads was published in
venice in ,5sl many OF them are called
"a as under which title our Morley, four
Years. after. published short airs in five
'~Fs. 70 that II seems as II the name Fa
Z silly as IL is. was not originally Eng
lsa"
10. Derivation II the term ballet is tho
'ans as that Of ballad and ball, the
''ssA root and the Latin indicating a
'Anes or, more specifically. 4 dance 20
'hs The ballet in the sense brought
'1ois us BY GastoidIs composition was
gee nadrigal Or part song designed 70
'onpany o. inspire dance Hence its
'-Nsn Of fs-la-las Looking far back
u" classical antiquity we End 10 in the
Hliamoo. which grew into the Greek
'ese'y and which is gill preserved g.
,'hLaiy in the round games % our chill
tfsn.
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