| Description |
xx, 271 : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Western music in context
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Western music in context.
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| Note |
Companion volume Anthology for Music in the baroque available, MT91.A558. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 271) and index. |
| Contents |
Baroque music in early modern Europe -- Musical expression and innovation. Ancients and moderns ; Theatrical baroque ; The art and craft of instrumental music in the early seventeenth century ; Music in civic and religious ritual -- Musical institutions. Opera in Venice and beyond ; Power and pleasure at the court of Louis XIV ; Music in seventeenth-century England ; Music and education ; Academies, salons, and music societies -- Musical synthesis in the capitals of Europe. Rome in the age of the arcadian academy ; Parisians and their music in the eighteenth century ; Music in city, court, and church in the Holy Roman Empire ; The London of Handel and Hogarth ; Postlude and prelude : Bach and the baroque. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1600 - 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9780393929171 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0393929175 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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