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The scoring of early classical concertos, 1750-1780 / Richard Maunder.

By: Maunder, C. R. F [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2014Description: 304 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781843838937 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Concerto -- 18th century | Instrumentation and orchestration -- History -- 18th century | Music | MusicDDC classification: 784.1'861374 Summary: This is the sequel to Richard Maunder's 'The Scoring of Baroque Concertos', now covering the period 1750-80, a time when the concerto was evolving from the baroque version, typically played one-to-a-part, towards the later, more 'orchestral' style - though even in 1780 an ensemble with more than pairs of string players would have been unusual. The book is organized on geographical lines, and there is a detailed discussion of the music itself and of the original parts as evidence of the performance practice of the period.
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This is the sequel to Richard Maunder's 'The Scoring of Baroque Concertos', now covering the period 1750-80, a time when the concerto was evolving from the baroque version, typically played one-to-a-part, towards the later, more 'orchestral' style - though even in 1780 an ensemble with more than pairs of string players would have been unusual. The book is organized on geographical lines, and there is a detailed discussion of the music itself and of the original parts as evidence of the performance practice of the period.

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