This is the 6th post for the baroque period. It is a late post, but This post will continue from where we left ,and will not disappoint.
Now,From the last post we talked about concerto, and how it evolved overtime.Now we will move on to things like places where it happened, and how it was different from the place from where it all started,Italy.
Surprisingly,Until the late 19th century,England was known as the land without music.Even though London was the first place Ever to start the tradition of concerts,None of the concerts had native composers from London or England,Rather foreign composers like Johaan Christian Bach(who moved to England because of this) and Others like Mozart,Who came to London from time to time as well paid and feted musicians.
In 1719,Duke of Chandos and his friends wanted to take advantage of the fact that people in London was getting more interested in Opera.They started the Royal Academy of Music(Not related to the conservatoire that was with the same name started a century after).This was a commercial venture, formed aas a joint stock corporation.Their goal was to perform new Italian operas in Britain.