Companion to Baroque MusicJulie Anne Sadie 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. |
Contents
An Italian Overview Michael Talbot | 3 |
Biographical Dictionary Julie Anne Sadie | 18 |
Itinerant Musicians | 79 |
Biographical Dictionary | 103 |
German Courts and Cities Geoffrey Webber | 159 |
The AustroGerman Courts Susan Wollenberg | 229 |
THE BRITISH ISLES | 261 |
THE LOW COUNTRIES | 315 |
Biographical Dictionary jf A | 337 |
Voices Nigel Rogers | 351 |
Instruments Jeremy Montagu | 366 |
National Styles Howard Schott | 409 |
The Idea of Authenticity Stanley Sadie | 435 |
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