Talk:Dresden/Comments

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As I have studied some of the musicians who were prominent during the 1720s and beyond like Vivaldi (and his pupil Pisendal) particularly, I would like to have seen a more detailed (5 or 6 lines) expansion about the influence of music in Dresden at that time. Dresden houses now Vivaldi's many of Vivaldi's manuscripts and a melbourne musicologist recently discovered another piece of his music from a collection in Dresden. Pisendals collection of Vivaldi's music contains one of the oldest strata of music by this great Italian composer. He (Vivaldi) sold music directly to the court but Pisendal (and others) were part of what seems to be a huge music scene in Dresden. The court was obviously an enormous factor in the lives of composers as we know and so many members of royalty were music lovers creating pockets of activity and patronage. It would be really great to investigate the influence of this Dresden connection more deeply. I would like to be part of this but it would have to be after I have written the story on Vivaldi. 210.50.200.31 21:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC)