Fugue in the Sixteenth Century

Examining the roots of the classical fugue pre-Bach, Paul Walker's Fugue in the Sixteenth Century explores the three principal fugal genres of the period--motet, ricercar, and canonza--through musical examples and close analysis.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Fugue and Mode in the Sixteenth Century


• Chapter 2: Fugue in the Renaissance Motet


• Chapter 3: Ricercar and Fantasia in the Sixteenth Century


• Chapter 4: The Fugal Canzona of the Late Sixteenth Century


• Conclusion: Fugue's First Century


• Glossary


• Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Paul Walker is Associate Professor of the Practice, Organ at University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach.

Zusammenfassung

Examining the roots of the classical fugue pre-Bach, Paul Walker's Fugue in the Sixteenth Century explores the three principal fugal genres of the period--motet, ricercar, and canonza--through musical examples and close analysis.

Zusatztext

Paul Walker's recent monograph provides a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on imitative processes in sixteenth-century music.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Walker, Paul (Associate Professor of the Practice Walker
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.01.2021
• EAN: 9780190056193
• ISBN: 978-0-19-005619-3
• Seiten: 384
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Allgemeines, Lexika; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Theory of music & musicology, Renaissance style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Medieval style, Western "classical" music, Fugue in the Sixteenth Century