Title Music at German Courts, 1715-1760 : Changing Artistic Priorities

Published Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (506 pages) Contents Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; EDITORIAL NOTES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 'Das gantze Corpus derer musicirenden Personen' : An Introduction to German Hofkapellen; Kingdoms and Electorates; 2 The Court of Saxony-Dresden; 3 The Saxon Court of the Kingdom of Poland; 4 The Court of Brandenburg-Prussia; 5 The Palatine Court in Mannheim; Duchies; 6 The Court of Württemberg-Stuttgart; 7 The Court of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg; 8 The Courts of Saxony-Weißenfels, Saxony-Merseburg, and Saxony-Zeitz; Principalities and Prince-Bishoprics 9 The Court of Anhalt-Zerbst10 The Court of Sondershausen; 11 The Court of Würzburg; Landgraviates and Margraviates; 12 The Court of Hesse-Darmstadt; 13 The Court of Baden-Durlach in Karlsruhe; 14 The Court of Brandenburg-Culmbach-Bayreuth; 15 'Die vornehmste Hof-Tugend' : German Musicians' Reflections on Eighteenth-Century Court Life; INDEX; Backcover Summary What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring a cast of music directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common Analysis 1715-1760 Artistic Priorities Book Design Styles Core Sample Years Cultural Change Eighteenth Century European Courts German Courts Instrumentalists Music Directors Music History Music Making Music Musical Ensembles Vocalists Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Music -- Germany -- 18th century -- History and criticism Musicians -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 18th century Musicians -- Germany -- Economic conditions -- 18th century Chapels (Music) -- Germany -- History -- 18th century MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory. MUSIC -- General. Chapels (Music) Music Musicians -- Economic conditions Musicians -- Social conditions Hofmusik Hofmusiker Musique -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Musique et politique -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle. Musiciens -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle -- Conditions sociales. Musiciens -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle -- Conditions économiques. Germany Deutschland Form Electronic book Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Author Reul, Barbara M. Stockigt, Janice B. ISBN 9781846159312 1846159318 1280377615 9781280377617

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