Item Detail
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Palisca, Claude V.
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Baroque music
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Book
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3rd ed.
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History of music series, ed. H. Wiley Hitchcock
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Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
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c1991
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Prentice Hall
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xi, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index; Damaged: stacks copy has highlighting
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0130584967; 9780130584960
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Music--17th century--History and criticism.
Music--18th century--History and criticism. -
Music History; Music Criticism; Seventeenth Century; Eighteenth Century; Baroque Era
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ML 193 .P34 1991
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Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991.
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To provide students with a comprehensive, concise book on the history of the baroque music. Readers should gain ability to recognize styles and genres of the baroque era, providing a foundation for further and deeper study.
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Covers and explains the main genres of baroque music, compositional styles, and composers and compositions to illustrate these topics (does not necessarily include the most famous or all well-known composers). Musical incipits give examples of discussed styles and genres.
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Consists of 15 chapters of reading. 1-The Baroque Ideal, 2-Origins and Foundations, 3-The Recitative Style, 4-The Rise of the Sacred Concerto, 5-Lute and Keyboard Music, 6-The Sacred Concerto in Germany, 7-Italian Cantata, Oratorio, and Opera in Mid-century, 8-Sonata, Concerto, and Sinfonia, 9-Lute and Harpsichord Music in France, 10-Organ and Clavier Music in Germany, 11-Opera in France and Italy from Lully to Scarlatti, 12-Dramatic Music in England, 13-Sacred Music in France, 14-English Church Music, 15-Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Musical incipits are printed directly in the corresponding chapter of the book, making examples easily accessible and understandable.
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Burrows, David. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 25 (June 1969): 717.
Marshall, Robert L. Die Musikforschung 24 (July-September 1971): 331.
Walton, Robin B. South African Journal of Musicology 2 (1982): 58. -
BYU Mus Ref
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694