| Description |
xii, 521 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Man & music |
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Man & music.
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| Contents |
Music and society in the late Baroque era / George J. Buelow -- Rome : the power of patronage / Malcolm Boyd -- Venice in an era of political decline / Eleanor Selfridge-Field -- Naples : a city of entertainment / Carolyn Gianturco -- Paris and Versailles / Julie Anne Sadie -- Hamburg and Lubeck / George J. Buelow -- Dresden in the age of absolutism / George J. Buelow -- Brandenburg-Prussia and the central German courts / Bernd Baselt -- Leipzig : a cosmopolitan trade centre / George B. Stauffer -- Courts and monasteries in Bavaria / Robert Munster -- Vienna under Joseph I and Charles VI / Susan Wollenberg -- London : commercial wealth and cultural expansion / Donald Burrows -- The Dutch Republic / Rudolf Rasch -- The Iberian Peninsula / Louise K. Stein -- Warsaw, Moscow and St. Petersburg / Milos Velimirovic |
| Summary |
This book examines music of the period usually defined as the late Baroque. Spanning historical developments from approximately 1680 to around the 1740s, the chapters are focused on the major musical centres at this time, and on the major regions of economic and social development. As a continuation of cultural processes begun at the start of the 17th century, the "late Baroque" is a period largely of re-examination and development of forms and styles already established. The essays here examine the results of the political and social forces stimulating and shaping the extraordinary outpourings of music not only for the major courts and churches of Europe but also for the culturally sophisticated middle classes. Viewed from one perspective, the music of the late Baroque can be seen to unfold through the impact of operatic styles and forms on all music, sacred and secular. - Back cover |
| Analysis |
Europe |
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Music History |
| Notes |
Based on the Channel 4 TV series first broadcast in 1986 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Music -- Social aspects -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- Social aspects -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- Social aspects.
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Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 17th century.
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Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 18th century.
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Music -- Europe -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- Europe -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Buelow, George J.
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| ISBN |
0333516036 |
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