Source Readings in Music History: Volume 3 The Baroque Era

Strunk, Oliver (Selected/annotated by)

ISBN 10: 0571116523 / ISBN 13: 9780571116522

Published by Faber & Faber Limited, London UK, 1981

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218 pages. Clean paperback covers, light wear to spine-ends and covers corners. Owner's bookplate to flyleaf. Pages clean and sound.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Source Readings in Music History: Volume 3 The Baroque Era
• Publisher: Faber & Faber Limited, London UK
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571116523
• ISBN 13: 9780571116522
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good ++/Very Good

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Synopsis

The Baroque (US /bəˈroʊk/ or UK /bəˈrɒk/) is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.[1] The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement.[2] The aristocracy also saw the dramatic style of Baroque architecture and art as a means of impressing visitors and expressing triumph, power and control. Baroque palaces are built around an entrance of courts, grand staircases and reception rooms of sequentially increasing opulence. However, 'baroque' has resonance and application that extend beyond a simple reduction to either style or period.[3]

About the Author

Leo Treitler, Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York, is the author of Music and the Historical Imagination, as well as other books and articles on music historiography and medieval music.