E-Books →Music in the Baroque World History, Culture, and Performance

Features
An interdisciplinary approach that balances detailed analysis of specific pieces of music and broader historical overview and relevanceA selection of historical documents at the end of each chapter that position musical works and events in their cultural contextExtensive musical examples that show the melodic, textural, harmonic, or structural features of baroque music and enhance the utility of the textbook for undergraduate and graduate music majorsA global perspective with a chapter on Music in the AmericasA companion score anthology and website with links to audio/video content of key performances and research and writing guides
Music in the Baroque World: History, Culture, Performance tells stories of local traditions, cultural exchange, performance trends, and artistic mixing. It illuminates representative works through the lens of politics, visual arts, theology, print culture, gender, domesticity, commerce, and cultural influence and exchange.