Renaissance and Baroque music a comprehensive survey / Friedrich Blume ; translated by M. D. Herter Norton.
| Author/creator | Blume, Friedrich |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W. W. Norton, [1967] |
| Description | ix, 180 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Renaissance music. The idea of "renaissance" ; Music as understood by the Renaissance ; "Renaissance" as a period in music history ; South and north : the nations and the types of composition ; The musical achievement of the Renaissance -- Baroque music. The term "Baroque" as applied to music ; Introduction of the word "Baroque" into the writing of music history ; The meaning of the word "Baroque" in music ; The synchronism of the arts ; Fitness and need of the word "Baroque" in music history ; Style, form, and expressive means in Baroque music. The heteronomy of Baroque music its rhetoric ; Academicism meter and chromaticism ; Retardative elements the classicistic undercurrent ; Meaningful music ; Counterpoint ; Style consciousness and idiom ; The blending of styles the Gesamtkunstwerk ; The technique of composition bas and chord from modality to tonality consonance and dissonance ; From tactus to measure tempo and rhythm ; Forms and the feeling for form -- Delimitation and organization of the Baroque in music ; Nation and society in the music of the Baroque. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 166-170. |
| LCCN | 65013323 |