John Baston
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John Baston, was an English Baroque
composer, recorder
player and cellist. He performed in his own ‘interval music’ concerto
s in London
; several of these lively pieces were published as Six Concertos in Six Parts for Violins and Flutes (1729).
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
composer, recorder
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
player and cellist. He performed in his own ‘interval music’ concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
s in London
London
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; several of these lively pieces were published as Six Concertos in Six Parts for Violins and Flutes (1729).