Music in the Eighteenth Century [Minkštas viršelis]

Musicologist Rice provides a textbook for music majors on Western music between 1715 and 1815 within its historical, social, intellectual, and cultural contexts. Rather than focusing only on musical style and individual composers, the volume, like others in the series, addresses the ways music has been commissioned, created, and consumed in public and private spheres; the role of technology in its creation and transmission; the role of women as composers, performers, and patrons; the relationship between music and national or ethnic identity; and the training and education of musicians in private and institutional settings. Focus is on musical life in Europe, with some information on the European colonies of the New World. Chapters are organized chronologically and geographically. The text emphasizes the links between the gallant style of pioneers like Pergolesi and Hasse and the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, providing a bit less on these well-known composers than other texts. A supplemental anthology of musical works is available. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Eighteenth Century Music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts.