The Oxford History of Music: The music of the seventeenth century, by C.H.H. Parry. With revisions and an introductory note by E.J. DentPercy Carter Buck Oxford University Press, 1902 |
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The Oxford History of Music: The music of the seventeenth century, by C.H.H ... Percy Carter Buck Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1938 |
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accompaniment Alessandro Scarlatti Andrea Gabrieli anthems appearance aria artistic Bach bars bass beginning branch of art cantatas canzonas Carissimi Cavalli Cavalli's character characteristic choral music chorus church music compositions connexion conspicuous contrapuntal counterpoint dance dance-tunes declamatory definite device dialogue direction dramatic early effect elaborate English composers example expression figured bass form of art French Opera fugal fugal movement fugue genuine ground bass harmonic illustrate influence instinct instrumental music instrumental style interesting Italian J. S. Bach kind later Lulli Lullian lute madrigals manner masque master melody ment methods modern Monteverde Monteverde's motet musicians Nuove Musiche organ music organist ornamental overture passages phrases produced progress Purcell Purcell's qualities recitative represent rhythm rhythmic ritornello Scarlatti scene scheme seems seventeenth century simple sinfonia solo music solo voices sonatas song stringed instruments strings suggestive taste tendencies toccata tonality treatment tune violin vocal voice-parts words
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Seite 351 - Author, he has faithfully endeavour'da just imitation of the most fam'd Italian Masters; principally, to bring the seriousness and gravity of that sort of Musick into vogue, and reputation among our Country-men, whose humor, 'tis time now, should begin to loath the levity, and balladry of our neighbours...
Seite 351 - Education, which cannot justly be accounted his fault, however he thinks he may warrantably affirm, that he is not mistaken in the power of the Italian Notes, or elegancy of their Compositions, which he would recommend to the English Artists.
Seite 120 - Bach's organ works the traces of the influence of Buxtehude are more plentiful than those of any other composer. It is not too much to say that unless Dietrich Buxtehude had gone before, the world would have had to do without some of the most lovable and interesting traits in the divinest and most exquisitely human of all composers.
Seite 345 - Corelli was almost the first composer to show "a consistent instinct for style, and this marks one of the most important attainments in the development of instrumental music." Before Corelli, "composers had hardly any idea of adapting their thoughts to the idiosyncrasies of their instruments, and for the most part wrote mere voice parts for them; but Corelli at last attained to the point of writing music to which only the instruments for which he wrote could adequately give...
Seite 187 - The First contayning Divine and Morall Songs : 'The Second Light Conceits of Lovers. To be ' sung to the Lute and Viols, in two, three and ' foure Parts ; or by one Voyce to an Instrument.
Seite 185 - The First Booke of Ayres, or little short Songs to sing and play to the Lute, with the base Viole.
Seite 435 - Chinese potters had better command of their materials than in the latter part of the seventeenth and the early part of the eighteenth century.
Seite 124 - Netherlands, and about the end of the sixteenth or the beginning of the seventeenth century was brought thence to England by protestant refugees. Lewis Roberts, in ' The Treasure of Traffic,' published in 1641, makes the earliest mention extant of the manufacture in England.
Seite 183 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Seite 268 - The whole question has been excellently dealt with by GEP Arkwright in his introduction to ' Six Songs by Dr. John Blow ' (Old English edition, No. xxiii., 1900). w. B. s. The following list of Blow's anthems and services has been compiled by HD Statham from MSS. in the library of St. Michael's College...