Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music

By:

Joseph P. Swain

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Hardback

Series:

Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

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In the history of the Western musical tradition, the Baroque period traditionally dates from the turn of the 17th century to 1750. The opening of the period is marked by Italian experiments in composition that attempted to create a new kind of secular musical art based upon principles of Greek drama, quickly leading to the invention of opera, and the closing of the period is marked by the death of Johann Sebastian Bach on 28 July 1750 in Leipzig and George Frideric Handel’s last English oratorio, Jephtha, completed the following year in London. Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on composers, instruments, cities, and technical terms. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about baroque music.

Author Biography:

Joseph P. Swain has taught music history and theory for more than 45 years. He is the former organist and director of music at St. Malachy’s Church in Sherburne, New York, and former music director of Tapestry, the All-Centuries Singers, based in Clinton, New York. His latest work of criticism is Listening to Bach and Handel: A Comparative Critique. He has also written Sacred Treasure: Understanding Catholic Liturgical Music, Harmonic Rhythm, The BroadwayMusical, which won ASCAP’s Deems Taylor Award in 1991, and Musical Languages, as well as a companion book in this series, A Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music.

Release date Australia

May 15th, 2023

Author

Joseph P. Swain

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Second Edition

Pages

464

Series

Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Dimensions

157x237x32

ISBN-13

9781538151617

Product ID

36044658

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