Lazar Gosman & Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra - String Quintet In E Major, Op. 13, No. 5: Minuetto

Competitions were the basis of A. 's role. Their role in establishing secular culture was very great. A. contributed to the spread of humanistic. ideas, the formation of new arts. style. There were two types of A. : a) learned societies, mixed in composition of members, whose activities, along with disputes, lit. readings occupied a large place playing music. Such A. were in Venice - A. Pellegrina (main 1550), in Florence - A. della Crusca (main 1582), in Bologna - A. della Galati (main 1588) and A. dei Concordi (main 1615 ) and in many other cities. The most famous is the Roman A. dell'Arcadia (founded in 1692), uniting noble aristocrats, scientists, poets, and musicians. Its members ("shepherdessbmi") were many. prominent ital. musicians hiding behind the poetic. pseudonyms: for example, A. Scarlatti was called Terpandra, A. Corelli - Arkimello, B. Pasquini - Protico, etc. Meetings of A. (festivities based on ancient models, poetry and music competitions, etc. ) took place in the lap of nature. Here the members of A. rested from the official house. ceremonies; turning to naive pastoralism, they expressed their desire for naturalness, merging with nature; b) organizations combining prof. musicians and music lovers.