Source Readings in Music History: The Baroque Era (Volume 4)

Strunk, O. and Treitler, L. (eds)

ISBN 10: 0393966976 / ISBN 13: 9780393966978

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

About this Item

Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780393966978.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Source Readings in Music History: The Baroque Era (Volume 4)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393966976
• ISBN 13: 9780393966978
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music, Dance, Theatre & Opera

About this title

Synopsis

Though traditionally labeled "Baroque," the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in music could as easily be termed "early modern," since many of the genres that are popular today―were established during that time.

And as music itself was becoming more and more of a public affair, discussions and writings about music increased greatly. In The Baroque Era, Margaret Murata presents twoscore readings from a constellation of personalities whose thoughts and opinions help define the period for us. We hear, of course, from the composers (Monteverdi, Schütz, Rameau, Bach) and the theorists (Artusi, Simpson, North, Mattheson), but we also find the words of nonmusicians, ranging from the famous (Joseph Addison, Lady Mary Montagu) to the unknown "Truthful Reporter."

About the Author

Leo Treitler, Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York, is the author of Music and the Historical Imagination, as well as other books and articles on music historiography and medieval music.