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Music in the Baroque World: History, Culture, Performance offers an interdisciplinary study of the music of Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries. It answers calls for an approach that balances culture, history, and musical analysis, with an emphasis on performance considerations such as notation, instruments, and performance techniques. It situates musical events in their intellectual, social, religious, and political contexts and enables in-depth discussion and critical analysis. The companion web site provide links to scores and audio/visual performances, making this a complete course for the study of Baroque music.

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    • An interdisciplinary approach that balances detailed analysis of specific pieces of music and broader historical overview and relevance

    • A selection of historical documents at the end of each chapter that position musical works and events in their cultural

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Theories of Genre and Style in Baroque Music 1. Early Opera: Courtly and Public 2. Music and Propaganda: Music at the Court of Louis XIV 3. Instrumental Chamber Music in Italy and Abroad: Arcangelo Corelli and His Followers 4. The London Stage: George Frideric Handel’s 1735 Season at Covent Garden 5. Johann Sebastian Bach and the Lutheran Tradition

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 9/2/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415842761, 978-0415842761
      ISBN10: 041584276X
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      Art music, orchestral and formal music

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Music in the Baroque World: History, Culture, Performance offers an interdisciplinary study of the music of Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries. It answers calls for an approach that balances culture, history, and musical analysis, with an emphasis on performance considerations such as notation, instruments, and performance techniques. It situates musical events in their intellectual, social, religious, and political contexts and enables in-depth discussion and critical analysis. The companion web site provide links to scores and audio/visual performances, making this a complete course for the study of Baroque music.

      Features

        • An interdisciplinary approach that balances detailed analysis of specific pieces of music and broader historical overview and relevance

        • A selection of historical documents at the end of each chapter that position musical works and events in their cultural

          Table of Contents

          Introduction: Theories of Genre and Style in Baroque Music 1. Early Opera: Courtly and Public 2. Music and Propaganda: Music at the Court of Louis XIV 3. Instrumental Chamber Music in Italy and Abroad: Arcangelo Corelli and His Followers 4. The London Stage: George Frideric Handel’s 1735 Season at Covent Garden 5. Johann Sebastian Bach and the Lutheran Tradition

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