| Music Education and the Art of Performance in the German Baroque Contributor(s): Butt, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521433274 ISBN-13: 9780521433273 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1994 Annotation: In considering the role of practical music in education this book explores the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran schools during the period 1530-1800 and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. This understanding of music as a functional art--musica practica--in turn gives us insight into contemporary performance of the sacred work of Praetorius, SchUtz, Buxtehude or Bach. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Techniques |
| Dewey: 781.430 |
| LCCN: 93017691 |
| Series: New Studies in Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.44" W x 9.28" (1.14 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In considering the role of practical music in education this book explores the art of performance in Germany during the Baroque period. The author examines the large number of surviving treatises and instruction manuals used in the Lutheran schools during the period 1530-1800 and builds up a picture of the function and status of music in both school and church. This understanding of music as a functional art--musica practica--in turn gives us insight into contemporary performance of the sacred work of Praetorius, Sch tz, Buxtehude or Bach. |