Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750) books

Kinder und Jugendliche singen zunehmend und zumeist ganz selbstverstandlich in verschiedenen musikalischen Stilrichtungen...  Read More >>

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Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. Taking...  Read More >>

This comprehensive and accessible book focuses on the professional, cultural and historical environments in which...  Read More >>

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

Handel's life and career are intricately documented in a wide range of contemporary sources. This major multi-volume...  Read More >>

With new information on four generations of women musicians, this book expands and alters the narratives that scholars...  Read More >>

A rich and evocative account of the life and work of Britain's favourite composer from one of our finest conductors....  Read More >>

Concise historical introduction to Johann Sebastian Bach and his continuing influence on the world and how we see...  Read More >>

This book investigates the dramatic role of music in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Drawing on Smith's...  Read More >>

This stimulating guide will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of music of the Baroque...  Read More >>

Rebecca Herissone's study is the first comprehensive investigation of approaches to creating music in late seventeenth-century...  Read More >>

The history of music at the Maison royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr is both rich and intriguing; its large repertory...  Read More >>

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This pathbreaking study reveals Purcell's extensive use of symmetry and reversal in his much-loved trio sonatas,...  Read More >>

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This is the first dedicated study of the musical patronage of Roman baronial families in the sixteenth and early...  Read More >>

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected...  Read More >>

This new biography of Antonio Vivaldi, styled as a chronological series of original documents accompanied by ample...  Read More >>

The essays in this interdisciplinary collection draw on visual art, theatre, music, history and literature, in sacred...  Read More >>

Analysing over 100 recordings from 1945-1975, this book examines 20th-century baroque performance practice as evinced...  Read More >>

The book thematicises the particular cultural discourse of classicism - the ostensible imitation of the ancients...  Read More >>

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