John Hajdu Heyer

Gebundenes Buch

The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles

Beschreibung

Taking its departure from King Louis XIV's 1660 visit to Provence, this book reveals the remarkable musical developments that followed.

Autor

John Hajdu Heyer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. He began his exploration of French sacred music from the time of Louis XIV during his years as a student in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (1967-70). His publications include two books and five critical editions of works by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean Gilles. His work as a musicologist and conductor has twice been recognized with the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society for 'distinguished contribution to the study and performance of early music'. He has served on the Council of the American Musicological Society, the editorial board for the Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music, and was active on the committees preparing the collected works of Lully. In the past four years, he has undertaken extensive research in the archives and libraries of southern France.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519885
• ISBN-10: 0521519888
• Artikelnr.: 41151691