Theories of fugue from the age of Josquin to the age of Bach / Paul Mark Walker.

Author/creator Walker, Paul, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoRochester, NY ; Woodbridge, UK : University of Rochester Press, 2000.
Description485 pages : music ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesEastman studies in music ; vol. 13
Eastman studies in music ; v. 13. ^A494093
Contents Part I. Fugal theory of the Renaissance and early Baroque. Fugue in the high Renaissance -- Fugue at the end of the Renaissance, Part I: Italy and the Netherlands -- Fugue at the end of the Renaissance, Part II: Germany -- German theory during the Thirty Years War: fugue in Latin school music texts -- Part II. The genesis of the modern fugue: Italy and Germany in the mid-seventeenth century. Italian influence on German fugal theory, 1640-1680 -- Instrumental fugue and the emergence of fugal structure in the third quarter of the seventeenth century -- Invertible counterpoint and the Hamburg circle of theorists -- Part III. German fugal theory of the mature Baroque, 1680-1740. Fugal theory, 1680-1710 -- Fugal theory in German lexicographic texts -- Fugal theory, 1710-1740: Mattheson and Fux.
Abstract Few bodies of Western music are as widely respected, studied, and emulated as the fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach. Despite the esteem which Bach's contributions brought to the genre, however, the origin and early history of the fugue remain poorly understood. This book addresses both the history and methodology of the pre-Bach fugue (from roughly 1500 to 1700), and, of greatest significance to the literature, it seeks to present a way out of the methodological dilemma of uncertainty which has plagued previous scholarly attempts by considering what musicians of the time had to say about the fugue: what it was, what it was not, how important it was, and where and how a composer should (or shouldn't) use it.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 448-476) and index.
LCCN 2001316929
ISBN1580460291

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