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"divertimenti" for the orchestra, thus affording a splendid opportunity for the study of instrumentation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Therefore when he writes a triple counterpoint, he makes the divertimenti in a light style.
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With a milieu that feels like a much darker version of Williams' earlier Drake Maijstral divertimenti The Crown Jewels, House Of Shards and Rock Of Ages, this is a world where everything is goverened by the titular Praxis, a system of law and custom that controls everything from the direction of scientific research to the number of guests at a party.
The Return Of The Wide Screen Baroque: A Review of Walter Jon Williams' The Praxis sbisson 2002
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Symphonies, divertimenti for concerted instruments, string quartets, a clavier trio, airs, a cantata, and other works were all produced at these concerts, and with almost invariable applause.
Joseph Haydn Hadden, J Cuthbert 1902
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Tell Mr. B-- the Pyefleets fluctuate in price like the stocks, and were done this morning, at Billingsgate change, at I l. 6 s. 8 d. per bushel; but I have sent them this evening properly directed -- also a book of Cogniscenti dilitanti divertimenti.
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The string quartet as a genre was not yet established and Haydn referred to these early works as divertimenti.
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The resulting five movement works are similar to Haydn's other divertimenti for different groups of instruments.
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Some of the divertimenti would not go amiss either.
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Some of the divertimenti would not go amiss either.
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Some of the divertimenti would not go amiss either.
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