Discovering Baroque - Ep.05 Sonata, Cantata & Canzona: What's the Difference?
Sonata. Cantata. Canzona.
Three musical terms that sound remarkably similar, but what do they actually mean? And how did they become the musical forms we recognize today?
In this episode of Discovering Baroque, we're traveling from Renaissance Italy into the heart of the Baroque period to explore how instrumental and vocal music developed their own identities.
We'll hear how Giovanni Gabrieli helped transform the instrumental canzona, how Dario Castello experimented with dramatic contrasts, and how Arcangelo Corelli helped shape the multi-movement sonata.
Then we'll turn to the human voice…
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