The Eighteenth-Century French Cantata

Author:   David Tunley (Emeritus Professor of Music; Honorary Research Fellow, Emeritus Professor of Music; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780198164395


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   29 May 1997
Format:   Hardback
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The first edition of this book is the classic study of one of the most popular musical forms in early eighteenth-century France, not only because it documents and examines its considerable repertoire for the first time, but also because it places the genre in the wider context of both French and Italian baroque music styles. In uniting the two national styles the cantata was one of the major influences in transforming the seventeenth-century French classical tradition in music into a style that owed much to the Italian baroque, yet retained a distinctive gallic expression. As well as its musical interest, the French cantata provides an arresting example of the influence of society upon music, and the book commences with a chapter that views the emergence of the form in its social setting. Cantata texts enjoyed a vogue as poetry and this literary aspect is also dealt with in a separate chapter. This new edition incorporates research by the author and other scholars over the twenty years since the first edition, reflecting today's growing interest in French baroque music. It also features a new chapter dealing with the French cantata in performance.

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Author:   David Tunley (Emeritus Professor of Music; Honorary Research Fellow, Emeritus Professor of Music; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9780198164395


ISBN 10:   0198164394
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   29 May 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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