Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry. I hope you are enjoying season 3 thus far! If this is your first dip into the Between the Barlines podcast, I suggest you go back to the very beginning so that you can continue to expand your historical music learning! Today, we are going to learn about the sacred music that was happening in the early 17th century. We are going to talk about a few composers who were monumental in creating music during this time.

Music metioned in this episode:

Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine, Vespers of 1610: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FXECUmqBxQ

Schütz Psalms of David: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-eqngmkDY

Gabrieli Sacrae Symphoniae: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBobif_00UA

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I’m your host, Dr. Maeve Berry, and today we’re opening the doors to the intimate world of 17th-century chamber music — a time when music was migrating from grand cathedrals and courts into salons and private homes. We haven’t had a chance to explore this type of music yet, so I’m very excited to dive into this with you! In today's episode we will talk about the rise of the basso continuo, type of instruments are typically involved in these chamber ensembles, the difference between the sonata da chiesa and the sonata da camera, and composers including Arcangelo Corelli, Dario Castello, Giovanni Battista Fontana, François Couperin, and Heinrich Biber.

Music played and mentioned in this episode:

Corelli 12 Trio Sonatas / Sonate da chiesa, Op. 3 No. 1-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrg3uPORvV8

Corelli Trio Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTyl7PnL1PU

Couprin Ordre 18ème de clavecin (La Verneville): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EviPBozSOq4&t=51s

Biber Mystery Sonatas (Rosary Sonatas), no. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2wYGeGsn4

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today, we are going back over 400 years to explore the birth of opera—how it came to be, what it meant in its early days, and how it evolved from a humanist experiment in Florence to one of the most enduring and powerful forms of storytelling in the Western world. If you aren’t familiar with the genre, you might be asking, what exactly is opera?