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The Cambridge history of seventeenth-century music / edited by Tim Carter and John Butt.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Cambridge history of music | The Cambridge history of musicPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: xv, 572 pISBN:
  • 9780521792738 (hbk.) :
  • 0521792738 (hardback)
Other title:
  • History of seventeenth-century music
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.9032 CAR
LOC classification:
  • ML194 .C23 2005
Contents:
1.Renaissance, mannerism, baroque. Tim Carter -- 2.The seventeenth-century musical \'work\'. John Butt -- 3.Music in the marke-place. Stephen Rose -- 4.Music in the new worlds. Victor Anand Coelho -- 5.Music and the arts -- 6. Music and the sciences. Penelope Gouk -- 7.The search for musical meaning. Tim Carter -- 8.Power and display: music in court theatre -- 9.Mask and illusion: Italian opera after 1637 -- 10.The church triumphant: music in the liturgy. Noel O\'Regan -- 11.Devotion, piety and commemoration: sacred song and oratorios. Robert L. Kendrick -- 12.Image and eloquence: secular song. Margaret Murata -- 13.Fantasy and craft: the solo instumentalist. Alexander Silbiger -- 14.Forms and gesture: canzona, sonata and concerto. Gregory Barnett.
Summary: While this history does not depart entirely from the traditional study of musical works and their composers, there is a strong emphasis on the institutions, cultures & politics of the age, together with an interrogation of the ways in which music related to contemporary arts, sciences & beliefs.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 780.9032 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 217006

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Renaissance, mannerism, baroque. Tim Carter -- 2.The seventeenth-century musical \'work\'. John Butt -- 3.Music in the marke-place. Stephen Rose -- 4.Music in the new worlds. Victor Anand Coelho -- 5.Music and the arts -- 6. Music and the sciences. Penelope Gouk -- 7.The search for musical meaning. Tim Carter -- 8.Power and display: music in court theatre -- 9.Mask and illusion: Italian opera after 1637 -- 10.The church triumphant: music in the liturgy. Noel O\'Regan -- 11.Devotion, piety and commemoration: sacred song and oratorios. Robert L. Kendrick -- 12.Image and eloquence: secular song. Margaret Murata -- 13.Fantasy and craft: the solo instumentalist. Alexander Silbiger -- 14.Forms and gesture: canzona, sonata and concerto. Gregory Barnett.

While this history does not depart entirely from the traditional study of musical works and their composers, there is a strong emphasis on the institutions, cultures & politics of the age, together with an interrogation of the ways in which music related to contemporary arts, sciences & beliefs.

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