| Series |
Prentice-Hall history of music series
Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410
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| Contents |
The Baroque ideal -- The beginnings of the Baroque style. The "second practice" ; De Rore, pioneer of the second practice ; The rise of the solo singer ; The basso continuo ; The monodic air and madrigal -- The recitative style. Peri's Euridice ; Monteverdi's Orfeo ; The later continuo madrigal -- The rise of the sacred concerto. First and second practice in the church ; Masses in stile antico ; Polychoral style ; The meaning of concerto ; The concerto for few voices -- Lute and keyboard music. Variations on dance tunes ; Variations on songs ; Improvisatory types ; The ricercare ; The fantasia ; The toccata -- The sacred concerto in Germany. Praetorius, Schein, and Scheidt ; Schütz -- Italian cantata, oratorio, and opera in mid-century. The cantata ; The oratorio ; Opera in Rome ; Opera in Venice ; A synthesis of Roman and Venetian opera: Cesti -- Sonata, concerto, and sinfonia. The sonata ; The concerto and sinfonia -- Opera in France and Italy from Lully to Scarlatti. Jean-Baptiste Lully ; Jean-Philippe Rameau ; Opera in Italy: Alessandro Scarlatti -- Dramatic music in England. Henry Purcell ; Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) ; Handel's oratorios -- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Bach's career ; Music in the Lutheran church ; Bach's cantatas ; Bach and his contemporaries. |
| Abstract |
This book invites the reader to study with ear and eye some typical examples of baroque music. It is not a comprehensive survey of this period or a gallery of the most famous composers. Certain important figures are hardly named, while others lesser known are treated at length, and this goes also for the various categories of composition. The emphasis is upon giving the reader an entry into the most significant manners of composition through concrete examples. The reader will gain a method of approaching the principal styles and genres, keys to intimate understanding and further exploration. The approach to analysis is based as much as possible on criteria and terminology common in the baroque period. --from Preface. |
| Local note | Little-87742 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 68012336 |
