The Italian 'trio' Sonata

The Italian 'trio' Sonata
Author: Peter Allsop
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1992
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This is the first in-depth study of Italian instrumental ensemble music during the seventeenth century based on the great majority of surviving primary sources. The book provides comprehensive coverage of every major composer of Italian "trio" sonatas until Corelli, and is intended as a standard work of reference. It also attempts to undermine the mythology surrounding the development of the free sonata acquired from successive generations of historians. The musical development is placed within a broad historical perspective examining such factors as performance and function.

Chamber Music

Chamber Music
Author: John H. Baron
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780415937368

A History of Baroque Music

A History of Baroque Music
Author: George J. Buelow
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2004-11-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780253343659

"A History of Baroque Music is a detailed treatment of the music of the Baroque era, with particular focus on the seventeenth century. The author's approach is a history of musical style with an emphasis on musical scores. The book is divided initially by time period into early and later Baroque (1600-1700 and 1700-1750 respectively), and secondarily by country and composer. An introductory chapter discusses stylistic continuity with the late Renaissance and examines the etymology of the term "Baroque." The concluding chapter on the composer Telemann addresses the stylistic shift that led to the end of the Baroque and the transition into the Classical period."--Jacket.

The Harvard Dictionary of Music

The Harvard Dictionary of Music
Author: Don Michael Randel
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 1020
Release: 2003-11-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780674011632

This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.

The Baroque Violin & Viola

The Baroque Violin & Viola
Author: Walter Reiter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2020
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0197525113

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today's players. Through fifty lessons based on the Reiter's own highly-renowned course at The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II provides a comprehensive exploration of the period's rich and varied repertoire. The lessons in Volume II cover the early seventeenth-century Italian sonata, music of the French Baroque, the Galant style, and the sonatas of composers like Schmelzer, Biber, and Bach. Practical exercises are integrated into each lesson, and accompanied by rich video demonstrations on the book's companion website. Brought to life by Reiter's deep insight into key repertoire based on a lifetime of playing and teaching, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II: A Fifty-Lesson Course will enhance performances of professional and amateur musicians alike.

The Sonatas of Henry Purcell

The Sonatas of Henry Purcell
Author: Alon Schab
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2018
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1580469205

This pathbreaking study reveals Purcell's extensive use of symmetry and reversal in his much-loved trio sonatas, and shows how these hidden structural processes make his music multilayered and appealing.

The Early Violin and Viola

The Early Violin and Viola
Author: Robin Stowell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2001-07-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521625555

An invaluable guide to the available historical source material on playing the violin and viola.

Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli
Author: Peter Allsop
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780198165620

The first full-length study for forty years, Arcangelo Corelli offers a much needed reassessment of the seminal composer's life and works. His current historical perspective is still largely conditioned by the opinions of Burney and Hawkins in the late 18th century who saw him as the consolidator of past trends rather than an instigator--a view fully endorsed in the two biographies of the present century. Neither of these writers was truly in a position to make such judgements if only because neither was aware of the contributions of the Roman School to which Corelli emphatically affirmed his allegiance. Extensive archival research over recent years now dispels much of the anecdote and hearsay accumulated over the centuries and makes possible a more balanced evaluation of Corelli's true status in the development of the prime instrumental genres, accounting for his phenomenal success both during his lifetime and in the creation of musical canon in the decades after his death.