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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music

Series The Cambridge History of Music

Edited by Simon P. Keefe

Publication Date 2009

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521663199

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521663199

Overview

The eighteenth century arguably boasts a more remarkable group of significant musical figures, and a more engaging combination of genres, styles and aesthetic orientations than any century before or since, yet huge swathes of its musical activity remain under-appreciated. This History provides a comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century music, examining little-known repertories, works and musical trends alongside more familiar ones. Rather than relying on temporal, periodic and composer-related phenomena to structure the volume, it is organized by genre; chapters are grouped according to the traditional distinctions of music for the church, music for the theatre and music for the concert room that conditioned so much thinking, activity and output in the eighteenth century. A valuable summation of current research in this area, the volume also encourages the readers to think of eighteenth-century music less in terms of overtly teleological developments than of interacting and mutually stimulating musical cultures and practices.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of Music: The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music

Frontmatter

PRELUDE

MUSIC FOR THE CHURCH

INTERLUDE

MUSIC FOR THE THEATRE

INTERLUDE

MUSIC FOR THE SALON AND CONCERT ROOM

POSTLUDE

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