NUITS-CASSATION for 18th-century wind instruments by Daniel D’Adamo (1966, Argentina)
Markus Mauderer2021-04-18T23:06:10+01:00#91– April 19, 2021 DANIEL D’ADAMO (1966) NUITS-CASSATION for 18th-century wind instruments https://soundcloud.com/user-642642570-907922214/nuits-cassation-by-daniel-dadamo Nuits-Cassation by Argentinian composer Daniel D’Adamo is our Composition of the Week. Nuits-Cassation uses the famous wind ensemble setting of Mozart’s Grand Partita, but more strikingly, it requires period instruments to tackle with aesthetics of the 21st century. Even though the etymology of the musical term cassation is uncertain, works using this title were common, especially in southern Germany, Austria and Bohemia in the mid-to-later part of the eighteenth century. The cassation is related to the serenade and the divertimento, and even to the nocturne, as a set [...]