Music at German courts, 1715-1760 : changing artistic priorities / edited by Samantha Owens, Barbara M. Reul and Janice B. Stockigt.
| Other author/creator | Owens, Samantha. |
| Other author/creator | Reul, Barbara M. |
| Other author/creator | Stockigt, Janice B. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell, 2011. |
| Description | xx, 484 pages ; 25 cm |
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| Contents | 'Das gantze Corpus derer musicirenden Personen': an introduction to German Hofkapellen / Samantha Owens and Barbara M. Reul -- Kingdoms and electorates. The court of Saxony-Dresden / Janice B. Stockigt -- The Saxon court of the kingdom of Poland / Alina Żórawska-Witkowska -- The court of Brandenburg-Prussia / Mary Oleskiewicz -- The Palatine court in Mannheim / Bärbel Pelker -- Duchies. The court of Württemberg-Stuttgart / Samantha Owens -- The court of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg / Bert Siegmund -- The courts of Saxony-Wei�nfels, Saxony-Merseburg, and Saxony-Zeitz / Wolfgang Ruf -- Principalities and prince-bishoprics. The court of Anhalt-Zerbst / Barbara M. Reul -- The court of Sondershausen / Michael Maul -- The court of Würzburg / Dieter Kirsch -- Landgraviates and margraviates. The court of Hesse-Darmstadt / Ursula Kramer -- The court of Baden-Durlach in Karlsruhe / Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst -- The court of Brandenburg-Culmbach-Bayreuth / Rashid-S. Pegah -- 'Die vornehmste Hof-Tugend': German musicians' reflections on eighteenth-century court life / Steven Zohn. |
| Abstract | What was musical life at German courts really like during the eighteenth century? Were musical ensembles as diverse as the Holy Roman Empire's kaleidoscopic political landscape. Through a series of individual case studies contributed by leading scholars from Germany, Poland, the United States, Canada, and Australia, this book investigates the realities of musical life at fifteen German courts of varied size (ranging from kingdoms to principalities), religious denomination, and geographical location. Significant shifts that occurred in the artistic priorities of each court are presented through a series of "snapshots", in effect, core sample years, which highlight both individual and shared patterns of development and decline. What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring a cast of music directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. This book serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011562561 |
| ISBN | 1843835983 |
| ISBN | 9781843835981 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML275.3 .M86 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |