The Italian Cantata in Vienna
Author: Lawrence Bennett
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253010346
Category: Music
Page: 388
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Language: en
Pages: 388
Pages: 388
Lawrence Bennett provides a comprehensive study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners during banquets or pay homage to
Language: en
Pages: 38
Pages: 38
Language: en
Pages: 464
Pages: 464
Choral Monuments provides extensive material about eleven epoch-making choral masterworks that span the history of Western culture. Included are: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin Desprez); Missa Papae Marcelli (G. P. da Palestrina); B Minor Mass (J. S. Bach); Messiah (G. F. Handel); The Creation (Joseph Haydn); Symphony #9 (Ludwig van Beethoven);
Language: en
Pages: 388
Pages: 388
We live in our nations, but what other nations do may affect us, and sometimes immensely. We are all members of the world community of people living in our dangerous world. The purpose of the following book is to consider the laws and practices that govern our nations and, through
Language: en
Pages: 178
Pages: 178
Presenting the most recent scholarship, yet assuming no technical music knowledge, Bach scholar Daniel Melamed examines the issues we encounter when we hear the passions performed today, and offers unique insight into Bach's passion settings.
