Friday Night Organ: Something Uplifting & Happy

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783) born in Bergedorf, near Hamburg, died in Venice. He was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a great friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music. Although German Hasse spent many years in Italy and his music reflect the light, joyous Italian style.

Despite Giovanni Battista Mancini’s claim that Hasse was the padre della musica, and despite the composer’s massive popularity as a figure at the very forefront of 18th-century serious Italian opera, after his death Hasse’s reputation vastly declined and his music lay mostly unperformed (with the exception of some of his sacred works, which were revived now and again in Germany). In particular, his operas sank without trace and revival only begun at the end of the 20th century.

In his day, Hasse’s style was noted primarily for his lyricism and sense of melody. Burney put it this way:
[Hasse] may without injury to his brethren, be allowed to be as superior to all other lyric composers, as Metastasio is to all other lyric poets.

Careful choice of key was also a crucial factor in Hasse’s style, with certain emotions usually marked out by certain key choices. Amorous feelings were expressed by A, for instance, while for expressions of aristocratic nobility Hasse used C and B flat; on the other hand, his supernatural and fear-inducing music usually went into the keys of C and F minor. Most of his arias begin in the major, switching only to minor for the B section before returning to major for the da capo. As his career developed his arias grew much longer but a lyrical sense was still his overriding target. Anyway below are 6 short organ concerti in the Italian style.

Concerto n. 1 in fa maggiore

0:00 – I. Allegro
2:06 – II. Andante
5:31 – III. Minuetto. Allegro

Concerto n. 2 in sol maggiore

7:44 – I. Allegro
10:29 – II. Grave
13:14 – III. Allegro assai

Concerto n. 3 in sol maggiore

15:58 – I. Allegro
18:44 – II. Adagio
21:16 – III. Spiritoso

Concerto n. 4 in re maggiore

23:07 – I. Allegro
27:43 – II. Adagio
32:12 – III. Allegro

Concerto n. 5 in fa maggiore

36:09 – I. Allegro
39:53 – II. Allegro ma non troppo
43:17 – III. Allegro
45:01 – IV. Minuetto

Concerto n. 6 in re maggiore

46:38 – I. Allegro
50:12 – II. Andante
56:10 – III. Allegro non troppo

[bladeParticipant]

Dont like that music pete , they were probably playing that when they f~~~ed my relo guy forks over .

Think you missed my carving that time on zoom of the wolf .

This is cool .

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[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

I know what mean its not exactly my favorite style either—it TOO light and fluffy.

Like your “Celtic” selection—good pick.

[Anonymous 43]

Woot! Organ music for the win!

Damn I needed cheering up today, this hit the spot. Thanks Pete for sharing this eclectic passion with the rest of us.

[UntamedParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Woot! Organ music for the win!

Damn I needed cheering up today, this hit the spot. Thanks Pete for sharing this eclectic passion with the rest of us.

I concur.
Happy pieces of music if I ever heard some.
Thank you, Pete!

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[GregB0Participant]

Very nice Pete, reminds me of the calliope they used to play at the Westgate Shopping Center fairs.

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[harpo-my-“SON”Participant 2410]

My ears enjoyed both seletions yours and Blades.
Thank you
Found these and seems other parts of my body besides
my ears could hear this, because It made me wanna move.

Classical to crazy

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