Highlights
Driven by Innovative Scholarship
In this text, John Walter Hill provides original contributions to current scholarship and takes a broad view of the repertoire of the period. Coverage encompasses standard Western European repertoire along with the music of Spain, Portugal, and the New World; improvisatory forms, styles, and practices; the reinforcement of modal structures by normalized harmony; comprehensive discussion of the music of France; and discussions of the accomplishments of women during the period, as both composers and performers.
More Music, More Analysis
Baroque Music features a broad range of musical examples, including 79 selections in the text alone, to show changing styles over nearly 200 years. Additionally, there are 176 complete works or movements available: 130 printed in the companion Anthology and 46 available for download on the Web at wwnorton.com/music/hill (coming soon). Music theory of the period is discussed in each chapter and underlies all the musical analyses presented.
Extensive Social and Historical Context
Professor Hill offers in-depth discussions of culture, religion, government, monarchy, and aristocracy to give students the context for understanding the changes in music during this period and to provide them with an entrée into the mindset of those who created Baroque music—the composers and performers, as well as the listeners, patrons, teachers, and critics.
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