Full Description
This work begins with the innovations of Monteverdi and developments in Northern Italy. By the end of the period under discussion the Baroque spirit is flourishing north of the Alps, at the courts in Paris, Vienna, London and the German states. Spain and Portugal also made distinctive contributions to the culture of the Baroque. Part of the "Man and Music" series, this book surveys music in its broadest social, political and cultural context.
Contents
Music, style and society, C.A. Price; Venice, E. Rosand; the North Italian courts, T. Carter; Rome, S. Leopold; Bologna, A. Schnoebelen; Florentine musical spectacle and drama, J. Hill; the Low Countries, M. Medforth; music and musical activity in Paris, C. Massip; Spain, L.K. Stein; French music in the time of Lully, M. Benoit; North Germany, G.J. Buelow; Dresden, G. Spagnoli; London in the Jacobean and Caroline eras, P. Walls; Commonwealth and Restoration, P. Holman; Vienna, T. Antonicek; Mexico, S. Barwick.
