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Preface -- Introduction, confession, and apologia. Some problems of sonata history ; The scope of this study ; The method of approach ; The status of sonata research -- Part I: The nature of the Baroque sonata. The meaning of "sonata." Origins and first use of the word ; Confusions with other terms ; Definitions by contemporary theorists (Praetorius, Brossard, Mattheson, Scheibe) ; Other contemporary views -- The uses of the sonata. Three main functions ; In church and at court ; Some specific church uses ; Some specific secular uses -- The spread of the Baroque sonata. Regions, schools, and leaders ; The publication of sonatas ; Quantitative aspects ; Sets of sonatas -- Instruments and settings. Trends ; The instruments ; Ad libitum practices ; The settings -- The structure of the Baroque sonata. An approach to Baroque form ; The cycle as a whole ; The separate movements -- Part II: The composers and their sonatas. Italy from 1597 to about 1650. A summary view ; Venice (Gabrieli, Marini, Fontana, Neri) ; Mantua (Rossi, Buonamente) ; Brescia ; Other northern Italian cities (Merula, Uccellini) ; Central and southern Italy -- Italy from about 1650 to 1700. Venice (Legrenzi, Stradella) ; Bologna (Cazzati, G. B. Vitali, P. D. Antoni) ; Modena (G. M. Bononcini, Colombi, T. A. Vitali) ; Other northern Italian cities ; Rome and Naples (Corelli, Pasquini) -- Italy from about 1700 to 1750. Venice (Albinoni, Vivaldi, Marcello) ; Bologna (Martini) ; Florence (F. M. Veracini) ; Torino (G. B. Somis) ; Other northern Italian cities (Tartini) ; Rome and Naples (Durante) -- Austria and Germany from about 1615 to 1650. Austria (Giovanni Valentini, Bertali) ; Germany (Farina, Kindermann) -- Austria and Germany from about 1650 to 1700. Austria (Young, Schmelzer, Biber, Muffat) ; South Germany ; Central Germany (Pezel, Krieger, Kühnel, Kuhnau, Erlebach) ; North Germany (Weckmann, Becker, Reinken, Rosenmüller, Buxtehude) -- Austria and Germany from about 1700 to 1750. Austria (Fux) ; South Germany (Pez, Abaco) ; Central Germany (J. S. Bach, Quantz, J. F. Fasch) ; North Germany (Telemann, Mattheson, Handel) -- England from about 1660 to 1710. Predecessors of Purcell ; Henry Purcell ; Contemporaries and successors of Purcell (Ravenscroft, Loeillet) -- England from about 1710 to 1760. In Handel's circle (Babell, Ariosti) ; Geminiani and others (Festing) ; Arne, Boyce, and others (Gluck) -- Other northern countries. Holland from 1688 to about 1700 (Schenk, Noordt, Albicastro) ; Holland from about 1700 to 1750 (Fesch, Locatelli) ; Denmark (K. Förster) and Sweden (Roman) -- France: Couperin and other pioneers. The background ; Couperin "le Grand" ; Rebel, Duval, and others -- France from about 1710 to 1750. Composers mostly under Italian influences (Mascitti, Senallié, F. Francoeur) ; Leclair and others ; Some cellists -- Addenda. |
