Companion to Baroque Music - printed on demand title

Informationen zum Autor Julie Anne Sadie is a well-known scholar, performer, and critic, and Curator of the Handel House in London. Klappentext An invaluable reference book that offers fresh perspectives on musical life in Europe and the New World from 1600 to 1750. Topics covered include national! social and cultural aspects of music; voices! instruments and musical genres; performance practice and authenticity. Biographical dictionaries of composers! performers and patrons are given for each region. Zusammenfassung An invaluable reference book that offers fresh perspectives on musical life in Europe and the New World from 1600 to 1750. Topics covered include national, social and cultural aspects of music; voices, instruments and musical genres; performance practice and authenticity. Biographical dictionaries of composers, performers and patrons are given for each region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Abbreviations Foreword by Christopher Hogwood A Short Explication Acknowledgments I Places and People ITALY An Italian Overview Biographical Dictionary FRANCE Paris and its Environs Biographical Dictionary NORTHERN EUROPE German Courts and Cities Biographical Dictionary CENTRAL EUROPE The Austro-German Courts Biographical Dictionary THE BRITISH ISLES Private and Public Music Biographical Dictionary THE LOW COUNTRIES The Netherlanders Biographical Dictionary THE IBERIAN PENINSULA AND ITS NEW WORLD COLONIES The Spanish and Portuguese Heritage Biographical Dictionary II Baroque Forces and Forms Voices Instruments Forms and Genres III Performing Practice Issues National Styles Ornamentation The Idea of Authenticity IV Chronology Select Bibliography of Recent Books in English Index

Product details

• Authors: Julie Anne Sadie
• Assisted by: Julie Anne Sadie (Editor), Sadie Julie Anne (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1998
• EAN: 9780198167044
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816704-4
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Reference, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Reference works, baroque, Composers and songwriters, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)