{"product_id":"music-in-the-seventeenth-century-paperback-9780521269155","title":"Music in the Seventeenth Century (Paperback) 9780521269155","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMusic in the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines musical life in the seventeenth century, a period of profound change in the history of music.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLorenzo Bianconi (Author), David Bryant (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521269155, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 November 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe seventeenth century was a period of profound change in the history of music. In this volume Lorenzo Bianconi considers the radical developments of the century as long-lived musical traditions died out and others were created in response to new social functions. This period saw, for example, the flowering of the polyphonic madrigal and its subsequent decline in favour of a new concertato style, the rise of the basso continuo and the growth of purely instrumental composition. Most importantly it saw the rapid rise and persistent growth of a new genre of immeasurable significance: opera. In examining the plurality of coexistent musical styles Lorenzo Bianconi also discusses the socio-historical and cultural aspects of seventeenth-century music history: the opening out towards rational modes of scientific enquiry and theoretical speculation; the social position of the musician in the age of the first theatrical and musical entrepreneurs; the decline of Italian music publishing and the spread of the market to northern Europe. In considering these problems Lorenzo Bianconi presents a fresh picture of musical life in the seventeenth century, taking, like other books from the Italian series Storia della Musica, a broadly contextual approach.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eItalian versification: a note Steven Botterill\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Early Decades: 1. The seventeenth-century madrigal\u003cbr\u003e 2. Giovan Battista Marino and the poesia per musica\u003cbr\u003e 3. Music for solo voice\u003cbr\u003e 4. Claudio Monteverdi before 1620\u003cbr\u003e 5. The 'crisis' of the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Concerto'\u003cbr\u003e 7. Monteverdi after 1620\u003cbr\u003e 8. The classification of styles\u003cbr\u003e 9. Scientific thought and musical theory\u003cbr\u003e 10. Theory and practice\u003cbr\u003e 11. Musical publicity\u003cbr\u003e 12. Music publishing and music collecting\u003cbr\u003e 13. Social condition of the musician\u003cbr\u003e 14. Instrumental and dance music\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Sacred Vocal Music: 15. Music in the Catholic liturgy\u003cbr\u003e 16. Catholic devotional music\u003cbr\u003e 17. The music of the lutheran Church: Heinrich Schütz\u003cbr\u003e 18. Sacred music as music of the State: France and England\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Opera: 19. The historiography of opera\u003cbr\u003e 20. Opera before 1637\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Venetian theatres\u003cbr\u003e 22. The diffusion of opera in Italy\u003cbr\u003e 23. Formal and dramatic convention\u003cbr\u003e the lament\u003cbr\u003e 24. Opera in German-speaking lands: Vienna and Hamburg\u003cbr\u003e 25. The tragédie lyrique: Jean-Baptiste Lully\u003cbr\u003e 26. Theatrical music in England and Spain.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Baroque music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Baroque music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Baroque%20music%20%5Bc%201600%20to%20c%201750%5D%20%5BAVGC3%5D%22\"\u003ec 1600 to c 1750 AVGC3\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003673858328,"sku":"9780521269155","price":43.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521269155_8aadb0ae-93ae-429a-b597-109672fe1aa5.gif?v=1691374184","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/music-in-the-seventeenth-century-paperback-9780521269155","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}