Podcast MUSIC Alex M

The speaker is discussing the song "Quadri, Hamburg, 1730, number one, concerto primo, via allegro" by George Philip Telemann. Telemann was a German Baroque composer and self-taught musician. He became a composer against his family's wishes and was the musical director of the city's five main churches. The song consists of six works of flutes, violins, cello, and continuo. It is part of a set of twelve quartets created for Telemann's visit to Hamburg. The song starts with a fast and lively tempo in Allegro, then changes to a slower and more serious tone in Grave. The song also includes Largo and Presto sections. Okay, so my name is Alexander Mendoza, and I am doing the song Quadri, Hamburg, 1730, number one, concerto primo, via allegro, by George Philip Telemann. I almost said Hamburg. The song was composed in 1730. It was part of the 12 quartets, the quartets of chamber music. I guess a little bit of history of George Philip Telemann. He was a German Baroque composer, and he was probably one of the most popular composers of his time. George Philip Telemann, who is completely self-taught, which is pretty interesting to figure out, he became a composer against his family's wishes, and he also became a musical director of the city's five main churches. Can you believe that? Telemann was one of the leading composers of his time, as I stated before. He compared himself a lot to Johann Bach because he looked up to him a lot in order to have some major influences in his music. Telemann was actually a self-taught musician, which was actually pretty interesting considering that, you know, learning things is pretty hard, at least in my opinion. He became a composer against his family's wishes. He originally went to the University of Leipzig, I believe. I have my notes written down, so I'm reading. Leipzig to study law, but eventually he settled on a career in music where he became a musical director in the city's five main churches. So going back, I decided to choose Quadri Hamburg 1730 No. 1 Concerto Primo V Allegro by George Philip Telemann, and this song consists of six works of flutes, violins, cello, and continuo. Continuo implies it. It just means multiple instruments. It's a part of this twelve-pairs quartet that Telemann prepared for his visit in Hamburg for the four musicians Michel Bravet, Jean-Pierre Guigon, Jean-Baptiste Foucault, and Prince Edouard. The first six of Telemann's quartets were the Quadri, hence including the song I chose. The song was played along with eleven other quartets during his visit by the four musicians mentioned above. The first 27 seconds is the opening. After that, the tempo changes or so. It seems that way because it's fast and lively in Allegro, as stated in the title. Allegro just means it's fast and lively. So, the Quadri, the twelve quartets were originally created as classical music meant for like small ensembles. For this song, I actually believe there's five soloists because there's five instruments because it is a continuo. It's actually a basso continuo, the flute quartet meaning it has flutes, violins, viola, and cello used for chamber music. There is a change in the song that actually slows down and gives a more serious emotion. This is Grave. So, Grave just kind of signifies that it's serious and gives a different emotion. It's not happy or, I don't know, exciting. It's just a little bit more grave than what you would think grave would mean. This song, I believe, has Grave, Largo, and Presto. Okay, so for the next minute, the remainder, I'm going to restart the song. That way it's not playing in the background and being overtaken by my voice. That way you can hear the beginning of the song kind of put together, all the different sounds that I've kind of explained over the course of three minutes. Grave Presto