A history of baroque music

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: as an historical concept Part I: The Baroque in the Seventeenth Century Chapter 1: The Renaissance in Transition-Origins of New Musical concepts Chapter 2: Baroque Innovations in Italy to circa 1640 Chapter 3: Claudio Monteverdi (1567=1643) Chapter 4: The Baroque in Italy from c1640 to c1700 Chapter 5: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713 and Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) George J. Buelow Chapter 6: The Baroque in France Chapter 7: Sacred Music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the Seventeenth Century Chapter 8: Secular Music in Northern and Southern Europe and Austria in the Seventeenth Century Chapter 9: Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) Chapter 10: English Music during the Stuart Reign, the Commonwealth and the Restoration Chapter 11: Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Chapter 12: Music in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America By Rui Vieira Nery Chapter 13: Music in Eastern Europe by Ennio Stipcevic, Metoda Kokole, and Claudia Jensen Part II: The Baroque in Transition Chapter 14: Music in Italy Chapter 15: Opera at Hamburg, Dresden, and Vienna Chapter 16: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Chapter 17: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Chapter 18: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Bibliography Index List of Contributors