This music originates as an Italian art song dating from the 1780’s and is essential repertoire for classical music vocalists. Tommaso Giordani, hi Show More...
This music originates as an Italian art song dating from the 1780’s and is essential repertoire for classical music vocalists. Tommaso Giordani, his brother Giuseppe Giordani or perhaps even their father are considered to be responsible for its composition. Songs are excellent for instrumentalists to play with piano accompaniments because they encourage legato playing, the development of tone and secure performance skills In the PlentyMusic score download phrasing is in place although this can be reviewed. Some longer phrases may be possible if the breath control the brass player is in place. Trumpet players should be aiming for good intonation (playing in tune) in the first instance. Playing melodies from songs offer excellent material for instrumentalists to expanding the tonal aspects and quality of tone in their playing. A trumpet in B flat part appropriately transposed is appended to the full score in the pdf download. The music has been transposed to the key of C in this arrangement. Exaggerated playing needs to be avoided. There are opportunities to slow down the tempo at the end of phrases. Ornaments have been written out in full to add clarity to the sheet music score The realisation plays back at 66 quarter note (crotchet) beats to the minute. Piano accompaniments are in place playing at 64, 66, 68, 70 & 72 bpm The music editor has removed some of the accent signs in the accompaniment simply because they are not appropriate on a modern piano. The tempo indication in the score is Larghetto which translates to “slightly slow’ suggesting a speed somewhere between andante and adagio. As part of their music studies trumpet players would be well advised to listen to performances of Caro mio ben by both singers and instrumentalists Caro mio ben is described as an arietta which is a short simple song for solo voice. Arietta is a diminutive form of the term aria. Born in Naples Tommaso Giordani worked and lived in England and Dublin, Ireland. Giordani is identified with the galant style in music history which is one of several pre-classical music styles that emerged after the baroque. Close
