Heller, Wendy, 1955-

Music in the baroque / Wendy Heller. - xx, 271, 32 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. - Western music in context . - Western music in context. .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Baroque music in early modern Europe Ancients and moderns Theatrical baroque The art and craft of instrumental music in the early seventeenth century Music in civic and religious ritual Opera in Venice and beyond Power and pleasure at the court of Louis XIV Music in seventeenth-century England Music and education Academies, salons, and music societies Rome in the age of the arcadian academy Parisians and their music in the eighteenth century Music in city, court, and church in the Holy Roman Empire The London of Handel and Hogarth Postlude and prelude.

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Music--History and criticism.--17th century
Music--History and criticism.--18th century

ML193 / .H45 2014

780.9032