Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book
Author Blume, Friedrich, 1893-1975.

Title Renaissance and Baroque music : a comprehensive survey / Friedrich Blume ; translated by M. D. Herter Norton
Edition [First edition]
Published London : Faber and Faber, [1968]

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  780.9031 Blu/Rab  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 180 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Renaissance music. The idea of "renaissance" ; Music as understood by the Renaissance ; "Renaissance" as a period in music history ; South and north : the nations and the types of composition ; The musical achievement of the Renaissance -- Baroque music. The term "Baroque" as applied to music ; Introduction of the word "Baroque" into the writing of music history ; The meaning of the word "Baroque" in music ; The synchronism of the arts ; Fitness and need of the word "Baroque" in music history ; Style, form, and expressive means in Baroque music ; Delimitation and organization of the Baroque in music ; Nation and society in the music of the Baroque
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [167]-170
Subject Music -- 16th century.
Music -- 18th century.
Music -- 1500-1599 -- History and criticism
Music -- 1600-1699 -- History and criticism
Music -- 16th century -- History and criticism.
Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Music -- 17th century.
Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Author Herter Norton, M. D. (Mary Dows), 1892-1985.
ISBN 0571082165