Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Oxford

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Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Oxford History of Western Music

The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music.
Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , the second volume Richard Taruskin's monumental history, illuminates the explosion of musical creativity that occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examining a wealth of topics, Taruskin looks at the elegant masques and consort music of Jacobean England, the Italian concerto style of Corelli and Vivaldi, and the progression from Baroque to Rococo to romantic style. Perhaps most important, he offers a fascinating account of the giants of this period: Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse period.

Country	USA
Author	Richard Taruskin
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Revised ed.
EISBN	9780199796038
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
NumberOfPages	832
PublicationDate	2009-06-24
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ReleaseDate	2009-06-24
Studio	Oxford University Press

Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Oxford History of Western Music

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