Early music : a very short introduction /
From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Very short introductions.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=361958 |
| Summary: | From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it. Kelly shows that the early-music revival has long been grounded in the idea of spontaneity, of excitement, and of recapturing experiences otherwise lost to us--either the rediscovery of little-known repert. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780199830602 0199830606 9780199831890 0199831890 9781283058742 128305874X 9780199730766 0199730768 |