Colorist (music)
The Colorists (German: Koloristen) were a group of sixteenth-century German organ composers that heavily ornamented their compositions following Italian coloraturas and other figures. Among others, the colorists include Sebastian Virdung, Arnolt Schlick, Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach, Paul Hofhaimer, , , , Conrad Paumann, and . The term was originally a derogatory designation applied by August 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[]
- ^ 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[]
Apel, Willi. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972, pp. 246ff.
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