عنوان

The instrumental music of Schmeltzer, Biber, Muffat and their contemporaries /

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1409419401

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1859283969

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9781409419402

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9781859283967

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Title Proper

The instrumental music of Schmeltzer, Biber, Muffat and their contemporaries /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Charles E. Brewer

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxvi, 411 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, music ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-401) and index

Text of Note

Stylus phantasticus and stylus hyporchematicus : concepts of instrumental music in late seventeenth-century Central and East-Central Europe -- Johann Heinrich Schmeltzer (c.1620/23-1680) and music at the Viennese court -- The chapel of Prince-Bishop Carl Liechtenstein-Castelcorn -- Biber and Muffat at Salzburg -- The dissemination and dissolution of the stylus phantasticus

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Based on primary sources, many of which have never been published or examined in detail, this book examines the music of the late seventeenth-century composers, Biber, Schmeltzer and Muffat, and the compositions preserved in the extensive Moravian archives in Kromeriz. These works have never before been fully examined in the cultural and conceptual contexts of their time. Charles E. Brewer sets these composers and their music within a framework that first examines the basic Baroque concepts of instrumental style, and then provides a context for the specific works. The dances of Schmeltzer, for example, functioned both as incidental music in Viennese operas and as music for elaborate court pantomimes and balls. These same cultural practices also account for some of Biber's most programmatic music, which accompanied similar entertainments in Kromeriz and Salzburg. The many sonatas by these composers have also been misunderstood by not being placed in a context where it was normal to be entertained in church and edified in court. Many of the works discussed here remain unpublished but have, in recent years, been recorded. This book enhances our understanding and appreciation of these recordings by providing an analysis of the context in which the works were first performed [Publisher description]

Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz,1644-1704-- Criticism and interpretation

Liechtenstein-Castelcorn, Karl,-1695

Muffat, Georg,1653-1704-- Criticism and interpretation

Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich,approximately 1623-1680-- Criticism and interpretation

Instrumental music-- Austria-- 17th century-- History and criticism

Music-- Philosophy and aesthetics-- 17th century

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Brewer, Charles E., (Charles Everett)

Date of Transaction

20141110091128.0

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