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In the great tradition of the German Festschrift, this book brings together articles by Professor Bernstein's colleagues, friends and students to honor him on his 70th birthday. Ranging in subject from the trouv e song through esoteric aspects of Renaissance studies and authenticity in 18th-century musical sources to a lively and irreverent attack on performance practices today, the twenty essays by many of America's most distinguished scholars reflect the breadth and variety of Martin Bernstein's far-reaching interests and demonstrates the vitality and relevance of what is best in musicology today.
This book is a selected collection of essays on the court of Archdukes Albert and Isabella in the Low Countries as a flourishing centre of arts, and on their great contribution towards the radiation of the style later known as Flemish Baroque. The Rule of the Archdukes Albert & Isabella over the Low Countries began in 1598, exactly 400 years ago. Their highly cosmopolitan court became a flourishing centre of the arts, a showcase for other courts throughout Europe. The archdukes made a great contribution towards the radiation of the style later known as 'Flemish Baroque'. The century of Peter Paul Rubens would never have been the same without the support of Albert and Isabella. In the Habsbur...
Os passionários polifónicos de Coimbra e Guimarães, produção geminada do Mosteiro de Santa Cruz no início do seu apogeu musical, felizmente identificados no momento certo, abriram um horizonte novo no que respeita a prática da música sacra em Portugal, excecionalmente abundante e qualificada no longo período de crise sócio-política que atravessou as últimas décadas do século XVI e todo o século XVII. O estudo aprofundado dos mesmos, complementado por numerosos espécimes congéneres reconhecidos nos principais arquivos de música portugueses, deu a conhecer uma forma própria de se cantar a Paixão litúrgica em Portugal. Definido o modelo de cantochão tradicional português,...
Not just Bach and Handel, but Vivaldi and Monteverdi, Couperin and Rameau, Purcell and Schutz are familiar and loved figures of the baroque era. This survey offers perspectives on these men, and the times in which they lived. to all those who are attracted by the music of that crucial century and a half, 1600-1750, which we call the Baroque era.