Today, we’ll start working on Lully Gavotte in the Suzuki Book 2. Who is Lully? Jean Baptist Lully (1632-1687) is a mid-Baroque composer. He was born in Italy, but later became French. He worked in the court of Louis XIV of France, served as a composer and as a dancer. Lully Gavotte actually is not […]
The last piece in the Suzuki Book 2 is Minuet by Boccherini.In the Shinozaki Violin Method, this piece is introduced in Volume 3, using grace notes and harmonics (third position). About Boccherini and this work Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) is an Italian composer and cellist of the same era as Haydn and Mozart.He was a very […]
This melody is came from the Chorus “See, Conquering Hero Comes,” from Handel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” written in 1745-1746, which is one of the most popular oratorio besides his “Messiah,” although I have not have any chance of playing. I have the impression that this piece is often played at award ceremonies in Japan, but […]