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George Frideric Handel: Volume 3, 1734-1742 - Collected Documents (Hardcover): Donald Burrows, Helen Coffey, John Greenacombe,... George Frideric Handel: Volume 3, 1734-1742 - Collected Documents (Hardcover)
Donald Burrows, Helen Coffey, John Greenacombe, Anthony Hicks
R4,712 Discovery Miles 47 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The life and career of George Frideric Handel, one of the most frequently performed composers from the Baroque period, are copiously and intricately documented through a huge variety of contemporary sources. This multi-volume major publication is the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of these documents. Presented chronologically in their original languages with English translations and with commentaries incorporating the results of recent research, the documents provide an essential and accessible resource for anyone interested in Handel and his music. This volume begins with Handel's move to the Covent Garden theatre, during the period of his competition with the Opera of the Nobility, and ends with his season of oratorio performances in Dublin. These years saw the composition of Italian operas including Ariodante, Alcina and Serse but also of the major English works Alexander's Feast, Saul and Messiah.

The Life of Bach - Musical Lives (Hardcover, New): Peter Williams The Life of Bach - Musical Lives (Hardcover, New)
Peter Williams
R1,782 Discovery Miles 17 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bach, like Shakespeare, is known largely by his works, exceptional in quantity as well as quality, and only a few original documents convey any idea of his life and character. Peter Williams's 2003 look at Bach's biography asks many questions about the so-called evidence. What was he like as a young man, as a father, as an ageing church servant? What were his preoccupations? What music did he know and how did he compose and perform such an amazing amount of music? Was he a disappointed man? Reading the available documentation critically, especially from the viewpoint of a performer, and going back to the first substantial 'biography' of Bach, namely his Obituary, Williams suggests new interpretations of the composer's life and his work. In addition, he asks if our understanding of Bach has been hindered by the unremitting deference displayed towards him since his death.

Early Music History - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Hardcover, Volume 20): Iain Fenlon Early Music History - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Hardcover, Volume 20)
Iain Fenlon
R4,932 Discovery Miles 49 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. The scope is exceptionally broad and includes manuscript studies, textual criticism, iconography, studies of the relationship between words and music, and the relationship between music and society. The journal gives preference to studies pursuing interdisciplinary approaches and to those developing new methodological ideas.

Music at Oxford in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Hardcover): Susan Wollenberg Music at Oxford in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Hardcover)
Susan Wollenberg
R6,433 Discovery Miles 64 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This survey distils a wide range of documentary and musical evidence relating to a particularly rich period in the city of Oxford's history. Aspects discussed include concert life, the choral tradition, the gradual establishment of an honours school of music, visiting musicians such as Handel and Haydn, Liszt and Joachim, and the role of figures such as William Crotch, Frederick Ouseley and Hubert Parry in raising the status of music and the musical profession.

Bach - The Goldberg Variations (Hardcover): Peter Williams Bach - The Goldberg Variations (Hardcover)
Peter Williams
R1,738 Discovery Miles 17 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bach's spectacular Goldberg Variations represent a high point in the repertory of keyboard music, particularly for the harpsichord. This book takes a detailed look at how these variations originated, especially in relation to all Bach's ClavierÜbung volumes and late keyboard works, what their exceptionally intricate plan is, what kind of impact they have had, and how their mysterious beauty has been created. This guide to what was at the time the largest and most carefully conceived single work of keyboard music will appeal to students, performers and listeners.

Early Music History - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Hardcover, Volume 19): Iain Fenlon Early Music History - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Hardcover, Volume 19)
Iain Fenlon
R4,612 Discovery Miles 46 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. The scope is exceptionally broad and includes manuscript studies, textual criticism, iconography, studies of the relationship between words and music, and the relationship between music and society. Articles in volume 19 include: Ritual and Ceremony in the Spanish Royal Chapel, c. 1559-c. 1561; Urban Minstrels in Late Medieval Southern France; Mapping the Soundscapes: Church Music in English Towns 1450-1550; A New Look at Old-Roman Chant.

Monteverdi (Paperback, Revised edition): Denis Arnold Monteverdi (Paperback, Revised edition)
Denis Arnold; Revised by Tim Carter
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This highly-praised study of Monteverdi and his works combines clear social and historical perspectives with critical insight into his music. In relating Monteverdi to the musical activity of his time, Denis Arnold reveals a forward-looking genius whose music is now receiving long-overdue appreciation. The text and appendices of this edition were fully revised by Tim Carter, who added a new chapter taking account of recent scholarship.

Vivaldi (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed): Michael Talbot Vivaldi (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
Michael Talbot
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Vivaldi has emerged during the last decades as a truly major composer of the early eighteenth-century. Taking account of recent research, to which he himself has made important contributions-including the discovery in 1973 of an unknown set of violin sonatas-Michael Talbot examines the life and works of this remarkable musician in their Venetian, Italian, and international settings.

The Oratorio in Bologna 1650-1730 (Hardcover): Victor Crowther The Oratorio in Bologna 1650-1730 (Hardcover)
Victor Crowther
R4,967 Discovery Miles 49 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the seventeenth century Bologna developed a rich and diverse musical culture through the enterprise of musicians attached to the Basilica of S. Petronio and affiliated to the Accademia de'Filarmonici. Their achievements in the field of instrumental music (sonata, concerto) and festive church music (concerted mass) are well documented, but little of their output in the fields of oratorio, amounting to 300 performances in the period 1659-1730, has been subjected to critical scrutiny. This book relates the genesis and development of oratorio in Bologna to the city's religious, political, and cultural aspirations. The oratorio repertory is surveyed in three historical phases: under Cazzati (1657-74), Colonna (1675-95), and Perti (1696-1730), and eight oratorios by the city's leading composers are analysed in detail. A chronological list of performances is given in the Appendix.

Companion to Baroque Music (Paperback, New Ed): Julie Anne Sadie Companion to Baroque Music (Paperback, New Ed)
Julie Anne Sadie
R2,277 Discovery Miles 22 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Baroque music, not long ago considered the province of the specialist, now occupies a central place in the interests of any music-lover. Not just Bach and Handel, but Vivaldi and Monteverdi, Couperin and Rameau, Purcell and Schutz are familiar and loved figures. There is place now for a survey that offers fresh perspectives on these men and the times in which they lived. That is what the Companion to Baroque Music is designed to offer, to all those who are attracted by the music of that crucial century and a half, 1600-1750, which we call 'the Baroque era'. Julie Anne Sadie, herself scholar, performer, and critic, brings to this survey two novel features. First, it is underpinned by a keen awareness of music as sound, intended to be played, heard, and relished by the listener-as witness the group of articles contributed by well-known specialists, such as Nigel Rogers and David Fuller, on the central issues of performance. Secondly it is concerned not only with what the music is like but why it is as it is: and the series of essays, again by specialists, such as Michael Talbot (on Italy) and Peter Holman (on England) which places each region's music in its social and cultural contexts helps to explain its character. The lexicographical part of the book, in which the life of every significant musician of the era is charted and his or her work outlined, is subdivided geographically so as to convey with particular sharpness the special character of music-making in each part of Europe-and a system of cross-references defines the ebb and flow of influences as composers travelled from city to city or court to court, disseminating their tastes, their styles, their ideas. A detailed chronology enables the reader to take in at a glance the sequence of musical events across the entire period. The Companion to Baroque Music, which contains a foreword by Christopher Hogwood, offers both reliable reference material and lively, enlightening reading to all those-amateur and professional, from the skilled practical musician to the person who has never played anything more demanding than a piece of stereo equipment-who love the music of the era that culminated in the great masterworks of Bach and Handel.

The Chromatic Fourth During Four Centuries of Music (Hardcover, New): Peter Williams The Chromatic Fourth During Four Centuries of Music (Hardcover, New)
Peter Williams
R6,675 Discovery Miles 66 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite its rather forbidding name, the `Chromatic Fourth' is one of the most familiar short themes in virtually all western music over the four hundred years before the middle of our century. It is a sequence of six notes that can be heard in a huge variety of ways, most originally, effectively, and beautifully in the work of the greatest composers, from the madrigalists to Stravinsky, from Byrd to Bartok, with telling examples in the operas of Monteverdi, Mozart, and Wagner, or in the keyboard music of Bull, Bach, and Schubert. Although the existence of the chromatic fourth has long been recognized, and occasionally mentioned by music historians, this is the first thorough-going attempt to trace its likely origins and its evolution over four hundred years. With over 200 music examples, Peter Williams demonstrates the theme's wonderful variety, and shows that it was used by composers not only as a means of emotional expression, but also as a structural device.

The Rameau Compendium (Paperback): Graham Sadler The Rameau Compendium (Paperback)
Graham Sadler
R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is the most authoritative and up-to-date source of quick reference on the Baroque composer and theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) This book is the most authoritative and up-to-date source of quick reference on the Baroque composer and theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), covering every significant area of his life and creative activity. In particular,the dictionary and work-list provide the reader with easy access to a wealth of cross-referenced material. The dictionary highlights recent discoveries and developments, and corrects a number of errors and misunderstandings. It includes entries on institutions, places, individuals, genres, instruments, technical terms, iconography, editions, specific works and publications, and caters for the fact that some users will be at least as interested in Rameau'stheoretical writings as in his life and music. Performers too are well served by the range of entries, many of which illuminate aspects of Rameau's notation and performance practice that can prove puzzling to the non-specialist. The biographical chapter not only provides relevant factual information but also draws attention to significant patterns in Rameau's life and work. This book counters the widespread perception of the composer as a dry, irascible, unsociable individual, revealing him in a far more sympathetic light by giving due weight to hitherto little-known information. GRAHAM SADLER is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hull and Research Professor at Birmingham Conservatoire. He is known internationally as an authority on French music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Four and Twenty Fiddlers - The Violin at the English Court 1540-1690 (Paperback, Revised): Peter Holman Four and Twenty Fiddlers - The Violin at the English Court 1540-1690 (Paperback, Revised)
Peter Holman
R1,866 Discovery Miles 18 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'This is a remarkable and important book: impeccably scholarly yet very readable, brimming with ideas and thoroughly engaging. It will be much enjoyed by musicians with any interest in the early violin or in English music of the 16th and 17th centuries.' Paul Doe in Early Music

The Early Flute (Paperback, Revised): John Solum The Early Flute (Paperback, Revised)
John Solum; As told to Anne Smith
R2,277 Discovery Miles 22 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first study in modern times dealing exclusively with the flutes used in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras. It details the history of the transverse flute from 1500 until the early nineteenth century. Advice is given on acquiring instruments, and their care and maintenance. Additional chapters guide the reader to sources about relevant technique and style, recommend repertoire, and give general advice to the modern player. The text is enhanced by numerous photographs of important historic flutes.

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard (Paperback, Reissue): Paul Badura-Skoda Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard (Paperback, Reissue)
Paul Badura-Skoda; Translated by Alfred Clayton
R3,634 Discovery Miles 36 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The ever-increasing number of performances of Bach's music is a sign of its enduring vitality. But perhaps no other composer is subject to such a wide diversity of interpretation--assessing the merits of these many interpretations and unravelling the sources and documents on which they are based can be extremely difficult for the modern performer. In this important book, Paul Badura-Skoda draws on forty years of studying and performing Bach to present startling new insights into many different aspects of Bach's music. He looks at rhythm, tempo, articulation, and dynamics; examines the instruments for which Bach's music was intended, and considers problems of sonority. He then discusses ornamentation in depth, analyzing each of the signs and symbols used by Bach, and argues that much of Bach's ornamentation in current performance is monotonous and fails to reflect the actual Baroque style. Sometimes contentious, always stimulating, Badura-Skoda's book conveys a passion for an informed interpretation of Bach's music based on a recognition and respect for Bach's actual intentions. Copiously illustrated with musical examples, the book will take its place as a standard work for all students and performers of Bach's ever-popular keyboard music.

Music Education and Art of Performance - In the German Baroque (Hardcover): John Butt Music Education and Art of Performance - In the German Baroque (Hardcover)
John Butt
R3,283 Discovery Miles 32 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In considering the role of practical music in education this book explores the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran schools during the period 1530-1800 and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. This understanding of music as a functional art--musica practica--in turn gives us insight into contemporary performance of the sacred work of Praetorius, SchÜtz, Buxtehude or Bach.

Agostino Agazzari and Music at Siena Cathedral, 1597-1641 (Hardcover): Colleen Reardon Agostino Agazzari and Music at Siena Cathedral, 1597-1641 (Hardcover)
Colleen Reardon
R5,096 Discovery Miles 50 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Agostino Agazzari (c. 1580-c. 1642) has long been recognized as one of the most prominent theorists of the early Baroque. The enduring fame of his 1607 treatise on the basso continuo has, however, overshadowed his equally significant contributions as a composer. And for all his renown, relatively little has been written about his professional career in Siena. This book not only provides the first comprehensive study of his life and sacred works, it also opens a window on musical culture in Siena during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Through the use of archival materials, the author documents Agazzari's long association with the Sienese Cathedral and furnishes valuable information on the personnel, repertory, and performance practices there. She argues for a reassessment of the influences that shaped the composer's style and challenges the generally held view that Sienese culture stagnated after the fall of the Republic in 1555. The book contributes significantly to our knowledge of musical life in the Tuscan 'City of the Virgin'.

The Oxford History of English Music: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to c.1715 (Hardcover, New): John Caldwell The Oxford History of English Music: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to c.1715 (Hardcover, New)
John Caldwell
R8,865 R3,337 Discovery Miles 33 370 Save R5,528 (62%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first volume of a magisterial survey of English music that charts its development from its beginnings in the early monastic institutions to the rise of 17th-century opera and masque and instrumental music, culminating in the genius of Henry Purcell.

Authenticity in Performance - Eighteenth-Century Case Studies (Book, New): Peter Le Huray Authenticity in Performance - Eighteenth-Century Case Studies (Book, New)
Peter Le Huray
R1,316 Discovery Miles 13 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the last ten years or so an interest in 'authenticity' has reached a wide public. Many of the best-selling records of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart are those in which period techniques and period instruments are used. There is however a danger that new 'authentic' dogmas of style and interpretation will come to replace the anachronistic dogmas of the late romantic tradition. 'The search for an 'authentic' interpretation', writes Peter le Huray in his opening chapter, 'is not the search for a single hard and fast answer, but for a range of possibilities from which to make performing decisions.' This book introduces the performer to the problems that must be faced when preparing an 'authentic' interpretation. It does so by focusing on nine representative and well-known works from the Baroque and Classical periods, defining some of the more important questions that the performer and listener should ask, and suggesting fruitful lines of enquiry. It is essential reading and reference material for player, student and listener alike.

Bach Interpretation - Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach (Hardcover, New): John Butt Bach Interpretation - Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach (Hardcover, New)
John Butt
R3,605 Discovery Miles 36 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first comprehensive assessment of J. S. Bach’s use of articulation marks (i.e. slurs and dots) in the large body of primary sources. Dr Butt analyses the role of such markings within the compositional process, how they relate to the norms of articulation of the period, and how they might assist us in a deeper understanding and evaluation of Bach’s style. With its extensive catalogue of the most common slurring patterns based on a study of over 100 concerted vocal works, this book is invaluable both for performers on all baroque instruments, and for scholars with an interest in Bach’s style and source studies. It also contributes to our perception of Bach’s position in music history: the purpose of music in the Lutheran Germany of Bach’s time and its rhetorical power; the close relationship between composer and performer within the context of ‘practical’ music; and the functions and development of notation.

Music in the Seventeenth Century (Book): Lorenzo Bianconi Music in the Seventeenth Century (Book)
Lorenzo Bianconi; Translated by David Bryant
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Music history was radically influenced by the rapid rise of opera in the 17th century--an era when many musical traditions died and others were created in response to new social functions.

Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach (Paperback, New edition): Paul Mark Walker Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach (Paperback, New edition)
Paul Mark Walker
R1,497 R1,335 Discovery Miles 13 350 Save R162 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Few bodies of Western music are as widely respected, studied, and emulated as the fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach. Despite the esteem which Bach's contributions brought to the genre, however, the origin and early history of the fugue remain poorly understood. Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach addresses both the history and methodology of the pre-Bach fugue (from roughly 1500 to 1700), and, of greatest significance to the literature, it seeks to present a way out of the methodological dilemma of uncertainty which has plagued previous scholarly attempts by considering what musicians of the time had to say about the fugue: what it was, what it was not, how important it was, and where and how a composer should (or shouldn't) use it. Paul Mark Walker is director of the Early Music Ensemble at the University of Virginia and an expert on the history of the fugue.

Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660 - Cambridge Studies in Music (Book): Peter Le Huray Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660 - Cambridge Studies in Music (Book)
Peter Le Huray
R1,661 Discovery Miles 16 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the years following the Act of Uniformity in 1549, musicians seemed to thrive on the challenge of the New Prayer Book, and the successive reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I bought a rich and varied repertory of vernacular church music. Peter Le Huray traces these developments in great detail, drawing on many contemporary sources to illuminate the music and its social and religious background.

Piano Repertoire: Baroque & Classical 1 (Sheet music): Keith Snell Piano Repertoire: Baroque & Classical 1 (Sheet music)
Keith Snell
R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Vivaldi - Voice of the Baroque (Paperback, 2nd ed.): H.C.Robbins Landon Vivaldi - Voice of the Baroque (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
H.C.Robbins Landon
R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vivaldi boasted that he could compose a concerto faster than a scribe could copy one. Despite his prolificacy, "The Four Seasons," and the majority of his already published work had fallen into obscurity by the time of his death in poverty in 1741. Most of his music-concertos, sonatas, operas, and sacral music-has been published only recently.
Very little has been written on Vivaldi for the nonspecialist, especially in English. Landon rediscovers the composer in this accessible and musically informed biography while presenting documentation of the musician's life discovered after the Baroque revival in the 1930s. This book includes illustrations of eighteenth-century Venice and several newly translated letters, thoroughly evoking the style of the time and revealing some of the more personal aspects of Vivaldi's life.
"Belongs on the shelf of every serious music student."--"Kirkus"
"Gives a good feel for Vivaldi's life and times . . . and describes particularly well how Vivaldi has been revived."--"Booklist"
"Robbins Landon is marvelously entertaining, extravagantly learned."--"The Independent"


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