near Encinas, Spain August 1529 or 1530 León, Spain Juan del Encina, (born July 12 , 1468, Encinas?, near Salamanca, Castile died near the end of August 1529/30, León?, Spain), playwright, poet, priest, and composer of secular vocal music, who was the first Spanish dramatist to write specifically for performance.
But a writer working in the theatre is writing for performance, to show actors off at their best.
The young Mendelssohn was greatly influenced in his childhood by the music of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart, traces of whom can be seen in the 12 early string symphonies, which were mainly written for performance in the Mendelssohn household and not published or publicly performed until long after his death.
Jean Racine's dramatic poem Esther was written for performance at the school.
Obvious though it sounds, that's because Shakespeare was writing for performance.
He also wrote concerti for violin and for piano and many lyrical songs and song collections (written for performance by his wife, a contralto).
Liturgical music, also called church music, music written for performance in a religious rite of worship; the term is most commonly associated with the Christian tradition.
Consisting of six well-stuffed cantatas written for performance on separate days, it makes for an unusually rich and wonderfully symmetrical if slightly overlong evening.
CLASSICAL MUSIC Early music flourishes in New York most abundantly in December, with works written for the winter feasts and holidays over the centuries and — paradoxically — with countless presentations of Handel's "Messiah," which was written for performance in the spring.
Some dozens of immortally great expressions of the human spirit have been written for performance by live actors for live audiences and cannot be adequately experienced in any other medium.
