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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Frandsen (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, University of Notre Dame)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.743kg ISBN: 9780199862498ISBN 10: 0199862494 Pages: 530 Publication Date: 01 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAbbreviations List of Musical Examples Prologue: The Forgotten Mäzen Johann Georg II 1. The Advent of the Italiens, 1651-56 2. The Itatienate Hofkapelle of Johann Georg II, 1656-80 3. Johann Georg II and the Problem of Catholocism 4. Piety, Penitance, and Praise: The Dresden Textual Repetoire 5. Roma trapianata: The New Sacred Concerto in Dresden 6. Musica pathetica: Style and Affect in the Dresden Concerto 7. Johann Georg's Vision for Worship 8. Musik im Gottesdienst: The Liturgical Year at the Dresden Court Epilogue: Johann Georg II Remembered Appendix I: Source Documents Appendix II: Sacred Vocal Works of the Principle Dresden Court Composers Bibliography of Primary Sources Bibliography of Secondary Sources IndexReviewsA thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. --Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago Frandsen carefully examines the entire milieu at the court of Johann Georg II--confessional, personal, political, economic, and liturgical--in which the Italian composers Albrici and Peranda worked, bringing vast theological and devotional resources to bear on her analysis of the composers' texts and their confessional implications. Equally sophisticated is her study of the style and organization of the music itself. Prof. Frandsen unfolds this intriguing story in an engaging narrative, filled with detail and analysis, that reads exceptionally well. --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Professor of Music, Washington University, St. Louis A splendid book, of interest to scholars of music, liturgy, Lutheranism and 17th-century history. From her command of a marvelous body of archival material, and astute musical and textual analysis of motets and sacred concertos, Mary Frandsen demonstrates that Elector Johann Georg II, by employing Italian Catholic musicians, brought significant changes to traditional Lutheran devotion. Frandsen's study is an original and penetrating discussion of this little-known ruler, his penchant for Italian musicians, and the resulting implications for both music and theology. --Anne Schnoebelen, Mullen Professor Emerita of Music, Rice University A thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. --Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago Frandsen carefully examines the entire milieu at the court of Johann Georg II--confessional, personal, political, economic, and liturgical--in which the Italian composers Albrici and Peranda worked, bringing vast theological and devotional resources to bear on her analysis of the composers' texts and their confessional implications. Equally sophisticated is her study of the style and organization of the music itself. Prof. Frandsen unfolds this intriguing story in an engaging narrative, filled with detail and analysis, that reads exceptionally well. --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Professor of Music, Washington University, St. Louis A splendid book, of interest to scholars of music, liturgy, Lutheranism and 17th-century history. From her command of a marvelous body of archival material, and astute musical and textual analysis of motets and sacred concertos, Mary Frandsen demonstrates that Elector Johann Georg II, by employing Italian Catholic musicians, brought significant changes to traditional Lutheran devotion. Frandsen's study is an original and penetrating discussion of this little-known ruler, his penchant for Italian musicians, and the resulting implications for both music and theology. --Anne Schnoebelen, Mullen Professor Emerita of Music, Rice University A thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. --Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago Frandsen carefully examines the entire milieu at the court of Johann Georg II--confessional, personal, political, economic, and liturgical--in which the Italian composers Albrici and Peranda worked, bringing vast theological and devotional resources to bear on her analysis of the composers' texts and their confessional implications. Equally sophisticated is her study of the style and organization of the music itself. Prof. Frandsen unfolds this intriguing story in an engaging narrative, filled with detail and analysis, that reads exceptionally well. --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Professor of Music, Washington University, St. Louis A splendid book, of interest to scholars of music, liturgy, Lutheranism and 17th-century history. From her command of a marvelous body of archival material, and astute musical and textual analysis of motets and sacred concertos, Mary Frandsen demonstrates that Elector Johann Georg II, by employing Italian Catholic musicians, brought significant changes to traditional Lutheran devotion. Frandsen's study is an original and penetrating discussion of this little-known ruler, his penchant for Italian musicians, and the resulting implications for both music and theology. --Anne Schnoebelen, Mullen Professor Emerita of Music, Rice University <br> A thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. --Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago<p><br> Frandsen carefully examines the entire milieu at the court of Johann Georg II--confessional, personal, political, economic, and liturgical--in which the Italian composers Albrici and Peranda worked, bringing vast theological and devotional resources to bear on her analysis of the composers' texts and their confessional implications. Equally sophisticated is her study of the style and organization of the music itself. Prof. Frandsen unfolds this intriguing story in an engaging narrative, filled with detail and analysis, that reads exceptionally well. --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Professor of Music, Washington University, St. Louis<p><br> A splendid book, of interest to scholars of music, liturgy, Lutheranism and 17th-century history. From her command of a marvelous body of archival material, and astute musical and textual analysis of motets and sacred concertos, Mary Frandsen demonstrates that Elector Johann Georg II, by employing Italian Catholic musicians, brought significant changes to traditional Lutheran devotion. Frandsen's study is an original and penetrating discussion of this little-known ruler, his penchant for Italian musicians, and the resulting implications for both music and theology. --Anne Schnoebelen, Mullen Professor Emerita of Music, Rice University<p><br> A thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. * Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago * <br> A thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. --Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago<p><br> Frandsen carefully examines the entire milieu at the court of Johann Georg II--confessional, personal, political, economic, and liturgical--in which the Italian composers Albrici and Peranda worked, bringing vast theological and devotional resources to bear on her analysis of the composers' texts and their confessional implications. Equally sophisticated is her study of the style and organization of the music itself. Prof. Frandsen unfolds this intriguing story in an engaging narrative, filled with detail and analysis, that reads exceptionally well. --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Professor of Music, Washington University, St. Louis<p><br> A splendid book, of interest to schola Author InformationMary Frandsen is a member of the music faculty at the University of Notre Dame. She currently serves as Chair of the American Heinrich Schütz Society and is a member of the Governing Board of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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