Ignaz Holzbauer

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Ignaz Holzbauer

German composer

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Mannheim school
…inspired conductor of the orchestra; Ignaz Holzbauer; Franz Xaver Richter; and Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi. These men established the supremacy of the Mannheim school and, in their orchestral works, initiated many of the effects that were to popularize it. The composers of the second generation are Anton Filtz; Johann Christian Cannabich,…
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…inspired conductor of the orchestra; Ignaz Holzbauer; Franz Xaver Richter; and Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi. These men established the supremacy of the Mannheim school and, in their orchestral works, initiated many of the effects that were to popularize it. The composers of the second generation are Anton Filtz; Johann Christian Cannabich,…
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symphony
The early Classical period
…chiefly mature works—and his contemporary Ignaz Holzbauer evolved a bold style born of the confluence of Italian melody and German seriousness. Counterpoint is abandoned; expression arises from orchestral crescendos and diminuendos (anticipated by Jommelli), characteristic melodic effects such as sighing appoggiaturas (short ornamental notes that resolve into principal notes) and…
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…chiefly mature works—and his contemporary Ignaz Holzbauer evolved a bold style born of the confluence of Italian melody and German seriousness. Counterpoint is abandoned; expression arises from orchestral crescendos and diminuendos (anticipated by Jommelli), characteristic melodic effects such as sighing appoggiaturas (short ornamental notes that resolve into principal notes) and…
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