Musical battle painting

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The musical battle scenes (technical term: Battaglia , . Pl Battaglien ., Of Italian battaglia . Dt, Battleship ') is a genus of program music . And represents the struggle of competing armies, groups or persons are musically It usually contains numerous instrumental effects, the col -legno -Technique of the strings (with the bow pole ), or fanfares as battle calls of the brass, bells ringing as a sign of triumph and peace, organ and possibly an extended set of percussion instruments to imitate rifle shots and cannon salvos.

Up until the 18th century, the battle painting was associated with courtly ceremonies and in the 19th century it can be used as incidental music for large theater performances (such as horse theater ).

Simpler instrumental compositions that programmatically depict warlike acts, battles, etc., were also referred to as Battaglia or Battaille . For example in pieces for lute or guitar in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Some examples

Ludwig van Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, or the Battle of Vittoria (title page 1816)

Some works that deal with wars and battles do not belong to the musical genre of Battaglia:

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Ragossnig : Handbook of the guitar and lute. Schott, Mainz 1978, ISBN 3-7957-2329-9 , p. 105.
  2. ↑ Jerry Willard (Ed.): The complete works of Gaspar Sanz. 2 volumes, Amsco Publications, New York 2006 (translation of the original manuscript by Marko Miletich), ISBN 978-082561-695-2 , volume 1, p. 55.