Serge Tchaikov & Russian State Symphony Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A - Miniature Overture

Pianist and author of fp. plays and concerts for fp. , Field is considered the creator of the romantic genre of nocturne for fp. With ser. 18 century in parallel with the composer school, English began to take shape. school of musicologists, among which the most famous are C. Burney, author of the capital work “The General History of Music” (“A general history of music”, t. 1-4, 1776-89), J. Hawkins, who wrote the “General History of Music Theory and practice "(" General history of the science and practice of music ", t. l - 5, 1776) and other muses. life in England 18 century. Ch. arr. in organizing large choirs. festivals that united many lovers and prof. singers for the performance of the Handel oratorios (since 1715). Since 1724, the so-called so-called "Gloucester", Worcester and Hereford “Festivals of the Three Choirs” (church), from 1768 - in Birmingham, from 1770 - in Norwich, from 1772 - in Chester, from 1777 - in Manchester, from 1784 - in Liverpool, etc. In 1784 the first Handel Festival in London ( at Westminster Abbey, where the composer is buried).