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The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos /
This new investigation of the Brandenburg Concertos explores musical, social, and religious implications of Bach's treatment of eighteenth-century musical hierarchies. By reference to contemporary music theory, to alternate notions of the meaning of ""concerto, "" and to var...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1995.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This new investigation of the Brandenburg Concertos explores musical, social, and religious implications of Bach's treatment of eighteenth-century musical hierarchies. By reference to contemporary music theory, to alternate notions of the meaning of ""concerto, "" and to various eighteenth-century conventions of form and instrumentation, the book argues that the Brandenburg Concertos are better understood not as an arbitrary collection of unrelated examples of ""pure"" instrumental music, but rather as a carefully compiled and meaningfully organized set. It shows how Bach's concertos challenge |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (168 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400821655 |