About this title: This is a thorough-going study of Monteverdi's Vespers, the single most significant and most widely known musical print from before the time of J.S. Bach. The author examines Monteverdi's Vespers from multiple perspectives, combining his own research with all that is known and thought of the Vespers by other scholars. The historical origin as well as the musical and liturgical context of the Vespers are surveyed; similarly the controversial historiography of the Vespers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is scrutinized and evaluated. A series of analytical chapters attempt to ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780198164098ISBN:0198164092
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780198164098ISBN:0198164092
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234x156 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (624) this is the only thoroughgoing study of the monteverdi vespers, vastly expanding on the author's 1978 set of essays on the subject, long since out of print. the volume studies the vespers from the standpoint of its musical and liturgical origins and context, contains analytical essays on the music, and examines 17th-century performance practice as it pertains to the vespers. appendices include ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780198164098ISBN:0198164092
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours., 1100grams, ISBN: 0198164092. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780198164098ISBN:0198164092
Description: New. This is the only extensive study of the Monteverdi Vespers, vastly expanding on the author's 1978 set of essays on the subject, long since out-of-print. The volume studies the Vespers from the perspectives of its musical and liturgical origins and co... read more
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