Renaissance and Baroque Music A Comprehensive Survey

by Blume, Frederich; Norton, M. D. Herter

• ISBN13: 9780393097108
• ISBN10: 0393097102
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1967-03-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

These two essays were written by Professor Blume for the monumental encyclopedia of which he was the editor, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. In the first study he examines the concept of the term 'Renaissance, ' summing up the views of art historians and others; the Renaissance attitude toward music: the treatment of the Renaissance as a period in music history: the various national styles and the types of composition in that period (this section constitutes about half of the essay); and finally the accomplishments of the Renaissance in music.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Renaissance Music
The Idea of "Renaissance"	p. 3
Music as Understood by the Renaissance	p. 14
"Renaissance" as a Period in Music History	p. 29
South and North. The Nations and the Types of Composition	p. 37
The Musical Achievement of the Renaissance	p. 69
Baroque Music
The Term "Baroque" as Applied to Music	p. 83
Introduction of the Word "Baroque" into the Writing of Music History	p. 86
The Meaning of the Word "Baroque" in Music	p. 89
The Synchronism of the Arts	p. 96
Fitness and Need of the Word "Baroque" in Music History	p. 100
Style, Form, and Expressive Means in Baroque Music	p. 103
The Heteronomy of Baroque Music. Its Rhetoric	p. 103
Academicism. Meter and Chromaticism	p. 106
Retardative Elements. The Classicistic Undercurrent	p. 108
"Meaningful" Music	p. 111
Counterpoint	p. 117
Style-Consciousness and Idiom	p. 121
The Blending of Styles. The Gesamtkunstwerk	p. 124
The Technique of Composition. Bass and Chord. From Modality to Tonality. Consonance and Dissonance	p. 125
From Tactus to Measure. Tempo and Rhythm	p. 130
Forms and the Feeling for Form	p. 132
Delimitation and Organization of the Baroque in Music	p. 141
Nation and Society in the Music of the Baroque	p. 153
Bibliography	p. 167
Index	p. 171
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