| Description |
xxvii, 591 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge history of music
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Cambridge history of music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Renaissance, mannerism, Baroque / Tim Carter -- The seventeenth-century musical "work" / John Butt -- Music in the market-place / Stephen Rose -- Music in new worlds / Victor Anand Coelho -- Music and the arts / Barbara Russano Hanning -- Music and the sciences / Penelope Gouk -- The search for musical meaning / Tim Carter -- Power and display : music in court theatre / Lois Rosow -- Mask and illusion : Italian opera after 1637 / Tim Carter -- The church triumphant : music in the liturgy / Noel O'Regan -- Devotion, piety and commemoration : sacred songs and oratorios / Robert L. Kendrick -- Image and eloquence : secular song / Margaret Murata -- Fantasy and craft : the solo instrumentalist / Alexander Silbiger -- Form and gesture : canzona, sonata and concerto / Gregory Barnett. |
| Subject |
Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Added Author |
Carter, Tim, 1954-
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Butt, John.
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| ISBN |
0521792738 hardback |
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9780521792738 hardback |
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