Essays on Music of the German Baroque: Philosophy and Performance Practice

by Dr David Whitwell and David Whitwell

With the exception of the new form, Opera, the previous two centuries of musicology have tended to present the Baroque Period, 1600-1750, as a period of functional, even mechanical, music. The contemporary discussion in this volume will help the reader understand that nothing could be further from the truth. The great interest of most musicians living in the Baroque Period was the role of emotion in music both in composition and in performance. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936512831
• ISBN13: 9781936512836
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Whitwell Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.0"