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History of Baroque Music

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ISBN-10: 0253343658

ISBN-13: 9780253343659

Edition: 2004

Authors: George J. Buelow

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'A History of Baroque Music' is an exhaustive study of the music of the Baroque period, with particular focus on the 17th century. Individual chapters consider the work of significant composers, including Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel & Bach, as well as specific countries and regions.
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List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/23/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 720
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.586
Language: English

George J. Buelow, Professor Emeritus of Musicology at Indiana University, is former President of the American Bach Society. His research and publications, including several articles in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, focus on the music of the Baroque and the history of opera.

Introduction : baroque as a historical concept
The baroque in the seventeenth century
The renaissance in transition : origins of new musical concepts
Baroque innovations in Italy in circa 1640
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
The baroque in Italy from circa 1640 to circa 1700
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) and Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
The baroque in France
Sacred music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the seventeenth century
Secular music in Northern and Southern Europe in the seventeenth century
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
English music during the Stuart reign, the commonwealth, and the restoration
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Spain, Portugal, and Latin America - Rui Vieira Nery
Baroque music in Eastern Europe
The baroque in transition
Music in Italy
Opera at Hamburg, Dresden, and Vienna
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)