The baroque concerto / by Arthur Hutchings.
| Author/creator | Hutchings, Arthur |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [1961] |
| Description | 363 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles, music ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Norton library Norton library. ^A910560 |
| Contents | The period and places -- 'Concerto' and 'Sinfonia' during the seventeenth century -- Stylistic features of Baroque concertos -- Stradella: Sonata and concerto -- Bologna: School of St. Petronio -- Corelli and his contemporaries -- The first German (Austrian) school -- The Venetian school -- Concerto and concert -- The main German school: I. Saxons and Berliners -- The main German school: II. Bach and Telemann -- The English school -- Handel's concertos -- Bonporti and Leclair -- The last phase. |
| Abstract | Between 1715 and 1745 a vast storehouse of concertos, some almost indistinguishable from symphonies, and some like the French "overtures" or suites that preceded them, formed the staple European orchestral repertory. The concertos had begun to spread from Italy into the German court and church orchestras about 1700 and the royal patrons assembled musicians who were inspired by Lully in France, Corelli in Rome, Vivaldi in Venice, and finally Stamitz in Mannheim. Professor Hutchings traces the history and explores the wealth of this early orchestral music. He also suggests criteria by which we may decide which concertos are still worth playing. Particular attention is given to the rise and popularity of the public concert in the age of the concerto grosso (especially in England), to the pre-history of the genre in the Bologna trumpet concertos, and to the survival of the baroque concerto in the classical symphony and solo concerto. This book is the fullest documentation available of this kind for eighteenth century music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 351-356) and index. |
| Biographical note | "A. J. B. Hutchings is Professor of Music at the University of Durham. He is also a composer, organist, critic, and contributor to musical periodicals. In addition to The Baroque Concerto, his publications include Schubert, Edmund Rubbra, Delius, A Companion to Mozart's Concertos, and The Invention and Composition of Music."--Back cover. |
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