Colorist (music)
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TheColorists(‹See Tfd›German:Koloristen) were a group of sixteenth-century Germanorgancomposersthat heavily ornamented their compositions following Italiancoloraturasand other figures. Among others, the colorists includeSebastian Virdung,Arnolt Schlick,Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach,Paul Hofhaimer,Bernhard Schmid the Elder,Bernhard Schmid the Younger,Jacob Paix,Conrad Paumann,andJohann Woltz.The term was originally a derogatory designation applied byAugust Gottfried Ritter(1811–1885),[1][2]and they were accused of having "overindulge[d] in the use of splashy and meaningless coloratura passages."[3]
References
[edit]- ^Randel, Don Michael. 2003.The Harvard Dictionary of Music.4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p. 191.
- ^Ritter, Johann Gottfried. 1884.Zur Geschichte Des Orgelspiels: Vornehmlich Des Deutschen, Im 14. Bis Zum Anfange Des 18. Jahrhunderts.Leipzig.
- ^Hoelty-Nickel, Theodore. 1944.The Musical Heritage of the Church,vol. 5. Valparaiso, IN: Valparaiso University, p. 44
Further reading
[edit]Apel, Willi.The History of Keyboard Music to 1700.Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972, pp. 246ff.
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