Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) books

Traces the rise and consolidation of singers and their art in the Christian West. This book is suitable for historians,...  Read More >>

The tercentenary of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's death in 2004 stimulated a surge of activity on the part of performers...  Read More >>

Examines aspects of figured bass notation and continuo realization in the High Baroque, especially with respect...  Read More >>

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Along with Beethoven's sonatas and the purely idiomatic works for piano of Chopin and Debussy, the solo keyboard...  Read More >>

John Birchensha (c 1605-1681) is chiefly remembered for the impression that his theories about music made on the...  Read More >>

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Offers a comprehensive overview of the painting and the music of three centuries. This book presents and comments...  Read More >>

Offers a compact overview of music and painting through the centuries. This title presents the important artworks...  Read More >>

Discusses Bach's unaccompanied pieces, including an examination of crucial issues of style and composition type...  Read More >>

Presents a study of musical culture in the court and church of Muscovite Russia. This book offers an account of...  Read More >>

An enthralling new biography of a great composer, linking the life and music as never before.  Read More >>

There has been no study of the Baroque cantata since Eugen Schmitz's handbook of 1914, and although many academic...  Read More >>

The first volume of this monumental study of Handel's operatic works, covering the first seventeen operas.  Read More >>

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Examines the dissemination of dance music, instrumentation and performance practice, and the differences between...  Read More >>

A tribute to the late Handel scholar and University of Maryland professor Howard Serwer. It offers research on a...  Read More >>

In this vivid portrait, Bruce Wood illuminates the sometimes shadowy figure of Henry Purcell, richly evoking the...  Read More >>

Bach, Vivaldi and Handel are the three great composers of the Baroque era, though there are many other well-known...  Read More >>

An engaging and easy-to-use pocket guide.  Read More >>

In 1659 Henry Purcell was born, and his genius would give the period and nation an unforgettable voice. Jonathan...  Read More >>

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Georg Friedrich Handel is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished baroque composers. Over the centuries, his works...  Read More >>

The Early Stuart Masque studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects...  Read More >>