B3 The Birth of the Italian Canzona (Vicki Boeckman)

For players at the upper intermediate and advanced levels.

In this class we will work on some fantastic 4-part canzonas by fabulous composers relatively unknown today. This hugely popular instrumental idiom blossomed in print from the late 1570's through the early decades of the 1600’s and was inspired by the gorgeous French and Flemish chansons of the early 1500’s. We’ll take a quick look at a couple of the chansons before plunging into the canzonas of Biumi, Cangliasi, Canale and Corradini.

Instructor Vicki Boeckman.