Johann Mattheson's Pièces de clavecin and Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre : Mattheson's universal style in theory and practice /

Johann Mattheson's Pièces de clavecin and Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre : Mattheson's universal style in theory and practice /

"A prolific music theorist and critic as well as an established composer, Johannes Mattheson remains surprisingly understudied. In this important study, Margaret Seares places Mattheson's Pièces de clavecin (1714) in the context of his work as a public intellectual who encouraged German mu...

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Main Author: Seares, Margaret, 1968- (Author)
Other Authors: Mattheson, Johann, 1681-1764
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Royal Musical Association monographs ; no. 25.
Subjects:
Mattheson, Johann, > 1681-1764. > Pièces de clavecin.
Mattheson, Johann, > 1681-1764. > Neu-eröffnete Orchestre.
Pièces de clavecin (Mattheson, Johann)
Neu-eröffnete Orchestre (Mattheson, Johann)
1700-1799
Music > Germany > 18th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The formative years leading up to Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre and the Pièces de clavecin
  • Mattheson's Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre of 1713
  • Les pièces de clavecin/Harmonisches Denckmahl
  • Mattheson's German heritage
  • Music à la mode : Mattheson's response to the music of his Italian and French contemporaries
  • Mattheson and universalism
  • Mattheson's dance movements : an amalgam of styles
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix : translation of Part 3, chapter 1 from Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre.

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