基本説明
A comprehensive survey of Baroque music, thoroughly illustrated with almost 200 musical examples.
Full Description
A History of Baroque Music is an exhaustive study of the music of the Baroque period, with particular focus on the 17th century. Individual chapters consider the work of significant composers, including Monteverdi, Corelli, Scarlatti, Schütz, Purcell, Handel, Bach, and Telemann, as well as specific countries and regions. Two contributed chapters examine composers and genres from Russia, the Ukraine, Slovenia, Croatia, and Latin America. The book also includes a wealth and variety of musical examples from all genres and instrumental combinations.
Contributors are Claudia Jensen, Metoda Kokole, Rui Vieira Nery, and Ennio Stipcevic.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "Baroque" as an historical concept
Part I: The Baroque in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 1: The Renaissance in Transition-Origins of New Musical concepts
Chapter 2: Baroque Innovations in Italy to circa 1640
Chapter 3: Claudio Monteverdi (1567=1643)
Chapter 4: The Baroque in Italy from c1640 to c1700
Chapter 5: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713 and Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
George J. Buelow
Chapter 6: The Baroque in France
Chapter 7: Sacred Music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 8: Secular Music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 9: Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Chapter 10: English Music during the Stuart Reign, the Commonwealth and the Restoration
Chapter 11: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Chapter 12: Music in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America
By Rui Vieira Nery
Chapter 13: Music in Eastern Europe
by Ennio Stipcevic, Metoda Kokole, and Claudia Jensen
Part II: The Baroque in Transition
Chapter 14: Music in Italy
Chapter 15: Opera at Hamburg, Dresden, and Vienna
Chapter 16: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Chapter 17: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chapter 18: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Bibliography
Index
List of Contributors
