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Music in the Galant Style

Author : Robert Gjerdingen
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195313710

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Music in the Galant Style by Robert Gjerdingen Pdf

Music in the Galant Style is an authoritative and readily understandable study of the core compositional style of the eighteenth century. Gjerdingen adopts a unique approach, based on a massive but little-known corpus of pedagogical workbooks used by the most influential teachers of the century, the Italian partimenti. He has brought this vital repository of compositional methods into confrontation with a set of schemata distilled from an enormous body of eighteenth-century music, much of it known only to specialists, formative of the "galant style."

Music in the Galant Style

Author : Robert Gjerdingen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199718368

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Music in the Galant Style by Robert Gjerdingen Pdf

Music in the Galant Style is an authoritative and readily understandable study of the core compositional style of the eighteenth century. Gjerdingen adopts a unique approach, based on a massive but little-known corpus of pedagogical workbooks used by the most influential teachers of the century, the Italian partimenti. He has brought this vital repository of compositional methods into confrontation with a set of schemata distilled from an enormous body of eighteenth-century music, much of it known only to specialists, formative of the "galant style."

Music In European Capitals

Author : Daniel Heartz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 1128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393050807

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Music In European Capitals by Daniel Heartz Pdf

A glittering cultural tour of Europe's major capitals during a period of intense musical change. This volume continues the study of the eighteenth century begun in Haydn, Mozart, and the Viennese School 1740–1780 (1995) by focusing on the capital cities other than Vienna that were most important in the creation and diffusion of new music. It tells of events in Naples, where Vinci and Pergolesi went beyond their pre-1720 models to cultivate opera in a simpler, more direct manner, soon after christened the galant style. No less central was Venice, where Vivaldi perfected the concerto, on which were patterned the early symphonies and the newer kind of sonata. Dresden profited first from all these achievements and became, under Hasse's direction, the foremost center of Italian opera in Germany. Mannheim with its great orchestra did much to shape the modern symphony. A few years later, Paris became paramount, especially for its Opéra-Comique; during the 1770s the Opéra provided Gluck with a stage on which to cap his long international career. The book concludes with a description of Christian Bach in London, Paisiello in Saint Petersburg, and Boccherini in Madrid. This long-awaited book offers a view of eighteenth-century music that is broad and innovative while remaining sensitive to the values of those times and places. One comes away from it with an understanding of the European context behind the triumphs of Haydn and Mozart. Lavishly illustrated with music examples and reproductions, both in black-and-white and color, this master study will be of inestimable importance to scholars, cultural historians, performers, and all music lovers.

The Art of Partimento

Author : Giorgio Sanguinetti
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195394207

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The Art of Partimento by Giorgio Sanguinetti Pdf

At the height of the Enlightenment, four conservatories in Naples stood at the center of European composition. Maestros taught their students to compose with unprecedented swiftness and elegance using the partimento. In The Art of Partimento, performer and historian Giorgio Sanguinetti provides students and scholars of composition and music theory an historical chronicle as well as a practical guide, offering them the opportunity not only to understand the life of this fascinating tradition, but to participate in it as well.

Music in the Eighteenth Century

Author : John A. Rice
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393929183

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Music in the Eighteenth Century by John A. Rice Pdf

Eighteenth Century Music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. John Rice's Music in the Eighteenth Century takes the reader on an engrossing Grand Tour of Europe's musical centers, from Naples, to London, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, and St. Petersburg —with a side trip to the colonial New World. Against the backdrop of Europe's largely peaceful division into Catholic and Protestant realms, Rice shows how "learned" and "galant" styles developed and commingled. While considering Mozart, Haydn, and early Beethoven in depth, he broadens his focus to assess the contributions of lesser-known but significant figures like Johann Adam Hiller, Francois-André Philidor, and Anna Bon. Western Music in Context: A Norton History comprises six volumes of moderate length, each written in an engaging style by a recognized expert. Authoritative and current, the series examines music in the broadest sense—as sounds notated, performed, and heard—focusing not only on composers and works, but also on broader social and intellectual currents.

Child Composers in the Old Conservatories

Author : Robert O. Gjerdingen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190653613

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Child Composers in the Old Conservatories by Robert O. Gjerdingen Pdf

In seventeenth century Italy, overcrowding, violent political uprising, and plague led an astonishing number of abandoned and orphaned children to overwhelm the cities. Out of the piety of private citizens and the apathy of local governments, the system of conservatori was created to house, nurture, and train these fanciulli vaganti (roaming children) to become hatters, shoemakers, tailors, goldsmiths, cabinet makers, and musicians - a range of practical trades that might sustain them and enable them to contribute to society. Conservatori were founded across Italy, from Venice and Florence to Parma and Naples, many specializing in a particular trade. Four music conservatori in Naples gained particular renown for their exceptional training of musicians, both performers and composers, all boys. By the eighteenth century, the graduates of the Naples conservatories began to spread across Europe, with some 600 boys formerly in residence beginning to dominate the European musical world. Other conservatories in the country - including the Paris Conservatory - began to imitate the principles of the Naples' conservatory's training, known as the partimento tradition. The daily lessons and exercises associated with this tradition were largely lost-until author Robert Gjerdingen discovered evidence of them in the archives of conservatories across Italy and the rest of Europe. Compellingly narrated and richly illustrated, Child Composers in the Old Conservatory follows the story of these boys as they undergo rigorous training with the conservatory's maestri and eventually become maestri themselves, then moves forward in time to see the influence of partimenti in the training of such composers as Claude Debussy and Colette Boyer. Advocating for the revival of partimenti in modern music education, the book explores the tremendous potential of this tradition to enable natural musical fluency for students of all ages learning the craft today.

Instrumental Music in an Age of Sociability

Author : W. Dean Sutcliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107013810

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Instrumental Music in an Age of Sociability by W. Dean Sutcliffe Pdf

Interprets an eighteenth-century musical repertoire in sociable terms, both technically (specific musical patterns) and affectively (predominant emotional registers of the music).

The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation

Author : John J. Mortensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190920418

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The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation by John J. Mortensen Pdf

Keyboard artists in the time of J.S. Bach were simultaneously performers, composers, and improvisers. By the twentieth century, however, the art of improvisation was all but lost. Today, vanishingly few classically-trained musicians can improvise with fluent, stylistic integrity. Many now question the system of training that leaves players dependent upon the printed page, and would welcome a new approach to musicianship that would enable modern performers to recapture the remarkable creative freedom of a bygone era. The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation opens a pathway of musical discovery as the reader learns to improvise with confidence and joy. Useful as either a college-level textbook or a guide for independent study, the book is eminently practical. Author John Mortensen explains even the most complex ideas in a lucid, conversational tone, accompanied by hundreds of musical examples. Mortensen pairs every concept with hands-on exercises for step-by-step practice of each skill. Professional-level virtuosity is not required; players of moderate skill can manage the material. Suitable for professionals, conservatory students, and avid amateurs, The Pianist's Guide leads to mastery of improvisational techniques at the Baroque keyboard.

Musical Composition

Author : Alan Belkin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780300218992

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Musical Composition by Alan Belkin Pdf

An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher and composer This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles, from concert pieces to film scores and video game music. The first of its kind to utilize a style-neutral approach, in addition to presenting the commonly known classical forms, this book offers invaluable general guidance on developing and connecting musical ideas, building to a climax, and other fundamental formal principles. It is designed for both classroom use and independent study.

Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style

Author : Frederick Aquilina
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783270866

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Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style by Frederick Aquilina Pdf

This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. Zerafa's large-scale and small-scale vocal and choral works, mostly written during his long service as musical director at the Cathedral of Mdina, have been winning increased recognition in recent years. In addition to describing and analysing this extensive corpus, the book gives an account of Zerafa's sometimes eventful career against the wider background of the rich musical and cultural life in Malta, especial attention being paid to its strong links with Italy, and particularly Naples, where Zerafa was a student for six years. Itexamines in detail the complex relationship of music to Catholic liturgy and investigates the distinctive characteristics of the musical style, intermediate between baroque and classical, in which Zerafa was trained and always composed: one that today is commonly labelled galant. Well stocked with music examples, the book makes copious reference to Italian and Maltese composers from Zerafa's time and to modern analytical studies of Italian music from the middle decades of the eighteenth century, thereby offering a useful general commentary on the galant period. Its central aim, however, is to stimulate further interest in, and revival of, Zerafa's music. To this end the book contains a complete work-list with supplementary indexes. Scholars and students of eighteenth-century music, in particular sacred music, the galant style and Italian music, will find it invaluable. FREDERICK AQUILINAis Senior Lecturer in Music Studies at the University of Malta.

Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento

Author : Job IJzerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190695002

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Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento by Job IJzerman Pdf

A new method of music theory education for undergraduate music students, Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento is grounded in schema theory and partimento, and takes an integrated, hands-on approach to the teaching of harmony and counterpoint in today's classrooms and studios. A textbook in three parts, the package includes: · the hardcopy text, providing essential stylistic and technical information and repertoire discussion; · an online workbook with a full range of exercises, including partimenti by Fenaroli, Sala, and others, along with arrangements of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century compositions; · an online instructor's manual providing additional information and realizations of all exercises. Linking theoretical knowledge with aural perception and aesthetic experience, the exercises encompass various activities, such as singing, playing, improvising, and notation, which challenge and develop the student's harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic imagination. Covering the common-practice period (Corelli to Brahms), Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento is a core component of practice-oriented training of musicianship skills, in conjunction with solfeggio, analysis, and modal or tonal counterpoint.

Music in the Galant Style

Author : Robert O. Gjerdingen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Music
ISBN : 0197728650

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Music in the Galant Style by Robert O. Gjerdingen Pdf

'Music in the Galant Style' is an authoritative and readily understandable study of the core compositional style of the 18th century.

Analyzing Classical Form

Author : William E. Caplin,William Earl Caplin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 759 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199987290

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Analyzing Classical Form by William E. Caplin,William Earl Caplin Pdf

Analyzing Classical Form offers an approach to the analysis of musical form that is especially suited for classroom use at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students will learn how to make complete harmonic and formal analyses of music drawn from the instrumental works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Journeys Through Galant Expositions

Author : L. Poundie Burstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190083991

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Journeys Through Galant Expositions by L. Poundie Burstein Pdf

This innovative look at eighteenth-century musical form encourages audiences and performers to experience Galant music through the eyes and ears of those who originally composed, performed, and listened to it. Author L. Poundie Burstein argues that this means approaching these compositions through the metaphor of a journey.

The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume 1: 1695-1717

Author : Richard D. P. Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780198164401

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The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume 1: 1695-1717 by Richard D. P. Jones Pdf

This book gives an account of the individual works of one of the greatest composers. The first volume of a two-volume study of the music of J. S. Bach covers the earlier part of his composing career, 1695-1717. By studying the music chronologically a coherent picture of the composer's creative development emerges, drawing together all the strands of the individual repertoires (e.g. the cantatas, the organ music, the keyboard music). The volume is divided into two parts, coveringthe early works and the mature Weimar compositions respectively. Each part deals with four categories of composition in turn: large-scale keyboard works; preludes, fantasias, and fugues; organ chorales; and cantatas. Within each category, the discussion is prefaced by a list of the works to beconsidered, together with details of their original titles, catalogue numbers, and earliest sources. The study is thus usable as a handbook on Bach's works as well as a connected study of his creative development.As indicated by the subtitle Music to Delight the Spirit,, borrowed from Bach's own title-pages, Richard Jones draws attention to another important aspect of the book: not only is it a study of style and technique but a work of criticism, an analytical evaluation of Bach's music and an appreciation of its extraordinary qualities. It also takes account of the remarkable advances in Bach scholarship that have been made over the last 50 years, including the many studies that have appearedrelating to various aspects of Bach's early music, such as the varied influences to which he was subjected and the problematic issues of dating and authenticity that arise. In doing so, it attempts to build up a coherent picture of his development as a creative artist, helping us to understand whatdistinguishes Bach's mature music from his early works and from the music of his predecessors and contemporaries. Hence we learn why it is that his later works are instantly recognizable as 'Bachian'.