Music in the Baroque World

<p><em>Music in the Baroque World: History Culture Performance</em> offers an interdisciplinary study of the music of Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries. It answers calls for an approach that balances culture history and musical analysis with an emphasis on performance considerations such as notation instruments and performance techniques. It situates musical events in their intellectual social religious and political contexts and enables in-depth discussion and critical analysis. The companion web site provide links to scores and audio/visual performances making this a complete course for the study of Baroque music.</p><p>Features</p><ul> <ul> <p> </p> <li>An interdisciplinary approach that balances detailed analysis of specific pieces of music and broader historical overview and relevance</li> <p> </p> <li>A selection of historical documents at the end of each chapter that position musical works and events in their cultural context</li> <p> </p> <li>Extensive musical examples that show the melodic textural harmonic or structural features of baroque music and enhance the utility of the textbook for undergraduate and graduate music majors</li> <p> </p> <li>A global perspective with a chapter on Music in the Americas</li> <p> </p> <li>A companion score anthology and website with links to audio/video content of key performances and research and writing guides</li> </ul> </ul><p>Music in the Baroque World: History <i>Culture</i> <i>Performance </i>tells stories of local traditions cultural exchange performance trends and artistic mixing. It illuminates representative works through the lens of politics visual arts theology print culture gender domesticity commerce and cultural influence and exchange. </p>