The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music (Hardcover)

Notes on contributors; Editor's preface; 1. Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque Tim Carter; 2. The seventeenth-century musical 'work' John Butt; 3. Music in the marketplace Stephen Rose; 4. Music in new worlds Victor Anand Coelho; 5. Music and the arts Barbara Russano Hanning; 6. Music and the sciences Penelope Gouk; 7. The search for musical meaning Tim Carter; 8. Power and display: music in court theatre Lois Rosow; 9. Mask and illusion: Italian opera after 1637 Tim Carter; 10. The church triumphant: music in the liturgy Noel O'Regan; 11. Devotion, piety and commemoration: sacred songs and oratorios Robert Kendrick; 12. Image and eloquence: secular song Margaret Murata; 13. Fantasy and craft: the solo instrumentalist Alexander Silbiger; 14. Form and gesture: canzona, sonata and concerto Gregory Barnett; Appendices Stephen Rose; I. Chronology; II. Places and Institutions; III. Personalia; Index.