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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music

  • Editor: Butt, John
  • Editor: Carter, Tim
Each of the essays delivers on the book's promise of a strong emphasis on the institutions, cultures, and politics of the age

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$60.00

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Estimated despatch time 7 - 10 days

Contents

  • Notes on contributors
  • Editor's preface
  • 1. Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque Tim Carter
  • 2. The seventeenth-century musical 'work' John Butt
  • 3. Music in the marketplace Stephen Rose
  • 4. Music in new worlds Victor Anand Coelho
  • 5. Music and the arts Barbara Russano Hanning
  • 6. Music and the sciences Penelope Gouk
  • 7. The search for musical meaning Tim Carter
  • 8. Power and display: music in court theatre Lois Rosow
  • 9. Mask and illusion: Italian opera after 1637 Tim Carter
  • 10. The church triumphant: music in the liturgy Noel O'Regan
  • 11. Devotion, piety and commemoration: sacred songs and oratorios Robert Kendrick
  • 12. Image and eloquence: secular song Margaret Murata
  • 13. Fantasy and craft: the solo instrumentalist Alexander Silbiger
  • 14. Form and gesture: canzona, sonata and concerto Gregory Barnett
  • Appendices Stephen Rose
  • I. Chronology
  • II. Places and Institutions
  • III. Personalia
  • Index.