Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music

Zusammenfassung Written by a distinguished team of experts! The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music seeks to provide the most up-to-date knowledge on seventeenth-century music! combining traditional study of musical works and their composers with an exploration of the ways in which music related to contemporary arts! sciences and beliefs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors; Editor's preface; 1. Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque Tim Carter; 2. The seventeenth-century musical 'work' John Butt; 3. Music in the marketplace Stephen Rose; 4. Music in new worlds Victor Anand Coelho; 5. Music and the arts Barbara Russano Hanning; 6. Music and the sciences Penelope Gouk; 7. The search for musical meaning Tim Carter; 8. Power and display: music in court theatre Lois Rosow; 9. Mask and illusion: Italian opera after 1637 Tim Carter; 10. The church triumphant: music in the liturgy Noel O'Regan; 11. Devotion, piety and commemoration: sacred songs and oratorios Robert Kendrick; 12. Image and eloquence: secular song Margaret Murata; 13. Fantasy and craft: the solo instrumentalist Alexander Silbiger; 14. Form and gesture: canzona, sonata and concerto Gregory Barnett; Appendices Stephen Rose; I. Chronology; II. Places and Institutions; III. Personalia; Index.

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• Authors: John Carter Butt, Tim (University of North Carolina Carter, Tim Butt Carter
• Assisted by: John Butt (Editor), Tim Carter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2005
• EAN: 9780521792738
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79273-8
• No. of pages: 620
• Series: The Cambridge History of Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries