Harry White

The Musical Discourse of Servitude

Authority, Autonomy, and the Work-Concept in Fux, Bach and Handel

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Produktbeschreibung

The Musical Discourse of Servitude presents a new theory of how the late baroque musical imagination developed by comparing the compositions of Johann Joseph Fux, J. S. Bach, and G. F. Handel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 161mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9780190903879
• ISBN-10: 0190903872
• Artikelnr.: 59578158

Autorenporträt

Harry White is Professor of Music at University College Dublin and a Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He is widely acclaimed as the foremost cultural historian of music in Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface and Acknowledgements
* Introduction: Servitude, Autonomy and the European Musical
Imagination
* Chapter 1: The Minstrelsy of Heaven: Servility, Freedom and the
Dynastic Style
* Chapter 2: The Virtuoso of Submissiveness: Fux and the Concept of
Authority
* Chapter 3: The Steward of Unmeaning Art: Bach and the Musical Subject
* Chapter 4: 'A Darkness Which Might be Felt': Handel, Fux and the
Oratorio
* Chapter 5: Steps to Parnassus: Fux, Caldara and Bach
* Conclusion: Well, well, well: Fux, Bach and Handel
* Select Bibliography
* Select Index