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Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart

Title
Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart / Ralph P. Locke.
Author
Locke, Ralph P.
Publication
New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource (xxii, 449 pages) : illustrations, music.
Subject
  • 1500-1799
  • Music > History and criticism > 16th century
  • Music > History and criticism > 17th century
  • Music > History and criticism > 18th century
  • Exoticism in music
  • Exoticism in opera
  • Music
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description (note)
  • Print version.
Contents
Part I. Introduction : a rich and complex heritage. Images and principles ; Exotic in style? : paradigms and interpretations -- Part II. The West and its others. The early cultural background ; Encounters -- Part III. Songs and dance-types. Popular songs ; Dances and instrumental styles from (or "from") elsewhere -- Part IV. Exotic portrayals on stage, in concert, in church. Courtly ballets ; Distinctive developments in Venice and other Italian cities and courts ; Oratorio and other religious genres ; Early opera and partly sung stage works ; French and Italian serious opera, especially Lully and Handel ; Eighteenth-century comic operas and short danced works -- Obsession with the Middle East : from the Parisian fairs to Mozart.
ISBN
  • 9780511998157
  • 0511998155
  • 9781316318362
  • 1316318362
OCLC
908633246
Author
Locke, Ralph P., author.
Title
Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart / Ralph P. Locke.
Publisher
New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note
Print version.
Connect to:
Cambridge Books Online
Chronological Term
1500-1799
Other Form:
Print version: Locke, Ralph P. Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart. New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107012370 (DLC) 2014043416 (OCoLC)895030573
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