A history of baroque music
A study of the music of the Baroque period, with a focus on the 17th century. It examines composers and genres from Russia, the Ukraine, Slovenia, Croatia, and Latin America. It also includes musical examples from various genres and instrumental combinations.
Print Book, English, ©2004
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, ©2004
752 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780253343659, 0253343658
1018238266
PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: "Baroque" as an historical conceptPart I: The Baroque in the Seventeenth CenturyChapter 1: The Renaissance in Transition-Origins of New Musical conceptsChapter 2: Baroque Innovations in Italy to circa 1640Chapter 3: Claudio Monteverdi (1567=1643)Chapter 4: The Baroque in Italy from c1640 to c1700Chapter 5: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713 and Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)George J. BuelowChapter 6: The Baroque in FranceChapter 7: Sacred Music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the Seventeenth CenturyChapter 8: Secular Music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the Seventeenth CenturyChapter 9: Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)Chapter 10: English Music during the Stuart Reign, the Commonwealth and the RestorationChapter 11: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)Chapter 12: Music in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America By Rui Vieira NeryChapter 13: Music in Eastern Europeby Ennio Stipcevic, Metoda Kokole, and Claudia JensenPart II: The Baroque in TransitionChapter 14: Music in ItalyChapter 15: Opera at Hamburg, Dresden, and ViennaChapter 16: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)Chapter 17: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Chapter 18: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) BibliographyIndexList of Contributors