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Southern California's local
source for early music since 1976.
What is "early music"?
ear·ly mu·sic
noun
medieval, Renaissance, and early baroque music, especially as revived and played on period instruments.
For the purpose of our calendar…
"Early music" is defined as works composed prior to 1750, including the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertoire. Popular composers include Dowland, Praetorius, Purcell, Handel, Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, and many others.
If an entire program is of works composed later than 1750, including the Classical and Romantic periods, a listing is not appropriate to our calendar. Popular composers not appropriate to our calendar include maestros Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, etc. An exception is made for concerts which feature works of the Classical or Romantic periods in a historically informed performance on period instruments.
G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Credit: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Trade cards with recto and verso ; the recto depicts the composers Thomas Arne and Jean-Philippe Rameau; the verso depicts the composers Giovanni da Palestrina, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Battista Lulli and George Frideric Handel." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. c1876-1890. Image link.