London Symphony Orchestra & Josef Krips - Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

The activities of these A. were aimed at the development and study of muses. art. They organized public and private concerts, were engaged in research in the field of history and theory of music, muses. acoustics, founded muses. educational institutions staged opera performances (for example, the first performance of the opera Orpheus of Monteverdi took place in A. degli Invaghiti in Mantua in 1607). The most famous A. of this type was the Bologna Philharmonic Academy (founded in 1666). In order to be admitted to its members,It was required to withstand the most difficult music-theoretical. tests. The members of this A. were Ital. and foreign composers: J. Bassani, J. Torelli, A. Corelli, J. B. Martini, V. A. Mozart, J. Myslivechek, M. S. Berezovsky, E. I. Fomin and others. A. by the nature of the activity was close to the Florentine Camerata (founded in 1580 by the philanthropist J. Bardi), which was associated with the appearance of the opera.