"Corrette was a popular teacher with numerous pupils. He composed motets and masses, secular vocal works, and operas and ballets. He also produced large numbers of arrangements of other music and it is said the music he arranged is much more interesting than the music he composed outright. His best-known works are the Concerts comiques. There are 25 such surviving works in his catalog, based on popular tunes of the day and arranged for three melody instruments and continuo. These are genuine concertos in the standard form of the day, but relatively simple and not musically deep. Other sets of concertos were written on well-known noëls. He wrote light music with programmatic content for amusement, with titles like The Taking of Jericho, The Seven-League Boots, and -- taking advantage of the French enthusiasm for the American Revolution -- Echoes of Boston". (arkivmusic.com)
Nederlands
Titel | Mélodies populaires pour hautbois (ou cor anglais) et orgue |
Auteur | Michel Corrette |
Type materiaal | CD |
Uitgave | Cascavelle, 1997 |
Overige gegevens | 1 disc |
Taal | Nederlands |
Onderwerp algemeen | Klassiek en Vroeg-Romantiek ; KAMERMUZIEK - overige instrumentale ensembles |