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Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart

Title
Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart [electronic resource] / 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.
Uniform Title
Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart (Online)
Alternative Title
Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart (Online)
Subject
  • Music > 16th century > History and criticism
  • Music > 17th century > History and criticism
  • Music > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Exoticism in music
  • Exoticism in opera
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-444) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2014043416
OCLC
ssj0001495804
Author
Locke, Ralph P.
Title
Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart [electronic resource] / Ralph P. Locke.
Imprint
New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-444) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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