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The cantata in Nuremberg during the seventeenth century / by Harold E. Samuel.

Author/creator Samuel, Harold E.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, ©1982.
Descriptionxii, 536 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Studies in musicology ; no. 56
Studies in musicology ; no. 56. ^A163772
Contents Nuremberg and its composers. Nuremberg as a music center ; Paul Hainlein ; Johann Andreas Herbst ; Johann Erasmus Kindermann ; Johann Krieger ; Johann Philipp Krieger ; Johann Lohner ; David Schedlich ; Heinrich Schwemmer ; Sigmund Theophil Staden ; Georg Caspar Wecker -- The cantatas and their texts. The term "Cantata" ; Biblical cantatas ; Chorale cantatas ; Ode cantatas ; Biblical-ode cantatas ; Other mixed types ; Transitional cantatas ; Madrigal cantatas ; Mixed madrigal cantatas ; A summary of the bibliographical data -- Concertato style. Etymology of the term "Concerto" ; Two species of Concertato style ; Solo Concertato style in the choral cantatas -- Basso continuo. Three types of basso continuo in Italy around 1600 ; Basso continuo in the Nuremberg cantatas ; The use of tablature -- The relation of text and music (Musica Poetica). The term "Musica Poetica" ; The Musica Poetica of Johann Andreas Herbst (1643) ; Musical-rhetorical figures ; An analysis of Musica Poetica in a composition of Heinrich Schutz ; The relation of text and music in Nuremberg cantatas -- The style of the cantatas. The influence of environment ; General stylistic traits ; The choral movements ; The solo movements ; The instrumental movements and accompaniments.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 321-532) and index.
LCCN 82001856
ISBN0835713059

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