The Scoring of Baroque Concertos
The Scoring of Baroque Concertos

Author: C. R. F. Maunder

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781843830719

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The concertos of Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and their contemporaries are some of the most popular, and the most frequently performed, pieces of classical music; and the assumption has always been they were full orchestral works. This book takes issue with this orthodox opinion to argue quite the reverse: that contemporaries regarded the concerto as chamber music. The author surveys the evidence, from surviving printed and manuscript performance material, from concerts throughout Europe between 1685 and 1750 (the heyday of the concerto), demonstrating that concertos were nearly always played one-to-a-part at that time. He makes a particularly close study of the scoring of the bass line, discussing the question of what instruments were most appropriate and what was used when. The late Dr RICHARD MAUNDER was Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

The Essential Guide to Dutch Music
The Essential Guide to Dutch Music

Author: Jolande van der Klis

Publisher: Leiden University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13:

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Of all the composers of Dutch origin, only a handful have achieved world renown, such as early seventeenth century's Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and today's Louis Andriessen. Nonetheless, so much more Dutch music is worthy of attention. Now, for the first time ever, four centuries of composition in the Netherlands are documented in an alphabetical reference work. This book, an initiative of MuziekGroep Nederland, contains a hundred articles written by over forty specialists. Each essay deals with the life and work of an individual composer and is followed by a list of works as well as a discography. Short bibliographies make suggestions for more specialized reading.