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Baroque music : music in Western Europe, 1580-1750 / John Walter Hill

By: Hill, John Walter, 1942-, 1942- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Norton introduction to music history: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2005Description: xx, 525 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0393978001 (hardback).Subject(s): Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism | Music -- 18th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 780.9032
Contents:
Introduction: Monarchy, religion, and the rhetoric of the arts -- The birth of opera, monody, and the concerted madrigal -- New genres of instrumental music -- Church music in Italy, 1600-1650 -- Stage, instrumental, and church music in France to 1650 -- Music in the Empire through the thirty years' war -- Music in England under the first Stuart kings and Commonwealth -- The diffusion of new vocal genres for theater, chamber and church in Italy, 1635-1680 -- Music at the Court of Louis XIV to the Death of Lully -- Music in Spain, Portugal, and their colonies -- Music in the Empire during the later seventeenth century -- Sonata and concerto in late seventeenth-century Italy -- England from the restoration through the Augustan age -- Italian vocal music, ca. 1680-1730 -- French music from the war of the Grand Alliance to the end of the Regency -- German traditions and innovations, ca. 1690-1750

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This essential addition to the Norton Introduction to Music History series provides a comprehensive introduction to the music of the Baroque, incorporating discussions of culture, religion, and political history with in-depth analysis of musical compositions. The narrative is complemented by a wide range of music in both the text and the accompanying Anthology of Baroque Music; the works included reflect the innovations and great stylistic diversity of music during this dynamic period.

Introduction: Monarchy, religion, and the rhetoric of the arts -- The birth of opera, monody, and the concerted madrigal -- New genres of instrumental music -- Church music in Italy, 1600-1650 -- Stage, instrumental, and church music in France to 1650 -- Music in the Empire through the thirty years' war -- Music in England under the first Stuart kings and Commonwealth -- The diffusion of new vocal genres for theater, chamber and church in Italy, 1635-1680 -- Music at the Court of Louis XIV to the Death of Lully -- Music in Spain, Portugal, and their colonies -- Music in the Empire during the later seventeenth century -- Sonata and concerto in late seventeenth-century Italy -- England from the restoration through the Augustan age -- Italian vocal music, ca. 1680-1730 -- French music from the war of the Grand Alliance to the end of the Regency -- German traditions and innovations, ca. 1690-1750