On Dec. 7 and 8, with a professional chorus and Indigenous instruments, the group will present “Navidad Nuestra,” a 1964 ...

Baroque music was full of tiny bits of improvisation ... Naomi: A concerto is a composition for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra. Vivaldi was a bit of a whizz at concertos.

The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period ... The passacaglia is a type of composition which contains a ground bass. Bach wrote many such pieces, particularly for organ.

Baroque violins were larger ... “I was in Leipzig going over her compositions at the Schumann House,” she told the Post, “and I could see the notes musicians put there.” ...

ROCHESTER — Lyra Baroque, the only exclusively Baroque orchestra in the Upper Midwest, is taking a cue from a Rochester classical music organization to find its new leader. Four finalist ...

and Composition courses: All majors must complete three courses in music history—MUSA 2209 (Music of the Modern Era) and their choice of two of the following period courses.* MUSA 2201 ...