| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xx, 525 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Norton introduction to music history
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Norton introduction to music history.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliographical notes follow each chapter; includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : monarchy, religion, and the rhetoric of the arts -- The birth of opera, monody, and the concerted madrigal -- New genres of instrumental music -- Church music in Italy, 1600-1650 -- Stage, instrumental, and church music in France to 1650 -- Music in the Empire through the Thirty-Years' War -- Music in England under the first Stuart kings and Commonwealth -- The diffusion of new vocal genres for theater, chamber, and church in Italy, 1635-1680 -- Music at the court of Louis XIV to the death of Lully -- Music in Spain, Portugal, and their colonies -- Music in the Empire during the later seventeenth century -- Sonata and concerto in late seventeenth-century Italy -- England from the Restoration through the Augustan age -- Italian vocal music, ca. 1680-1730 -- French music from the war of the grand alliance to the end of the Regency -- German traditions and innovations, ca. 1690-1750 -- Appendix. Rhetorical figures that are frequently mirrored in music. |
| 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 |
| ISBN |
0393978001 |
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