Sweelinck / Frits Noske.
| Author/creator | Noske, Frits |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. |
| Description | 141 pages : music ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford studies of composers ; 22 Oxford studies of composers ; 22. ^A639033 |
| Contents | Sweelinck and the rise of Amsterdam -- Secular vocal music. The chansons ; The madrigals ; Nuptial songs and canons -- Sacred vocal music. The psalter ; The Latin motets -- Instrumental music. Sweelinck's instruments ; Stylistic characteristics and historical background ; The fantasias ; The echo fantasias ; The toccatas ; Variation cycles: sacred melodies ; Variations on secular tunes ; Lute music ; Forma formans -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | The first survey in English of the life and works of the great Dutch composer and organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), this book provides a thorough analysis of his keyboard and vocal composition techniques set against the background of his life in sixteenth- and seveteenth-century Amsterdam. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138) and index. |
| LCCN | 87034501 |
| ISBN | 0193152592 : |
| ISBN | 0193152584 (pbk.) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.S97 N73 1988 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |