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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus. Musical dialogue. Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, c1989 (OCoLC)654564259 |
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| Named Person: | Claudio Monteverdi; Johann Sebastian Bach; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Reinhard G Pauly |
| ISBN: | 093134008X 9780931340086 |
| OCLC Number: | 18779433 |
| Notes: | Translation of: Der musikalische Dialog. |
| Description: | 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The tonal image of medieval music -- Musical instruments in church and elsewhere -- The great innovation around 1600 -- Tonal aesthetics : is ugly beautiful -- Monteverdi today -- Work and arrangement : the role of instruments -- Work and performance -- Bach and the musicians of his age -- Performance traditions -- The concerto -- The Gamba sonatas : idiomatic sound or Ad Libitum -- The cantatas : at the center of Bach's work -- The wind instruments in Bach's cantatas -- Bach's "Oboe da Caccia" and its reconstruction -- Bach's use of "Parody" -- The first performance of the St. Matthew Passion by the Concentus Musicus -- The St. Matthew Passion : history and tradition -- Mozart was not an innovator -- Mozart : size of orchestras -- Mozart's use of "Allegro" and "Andante" -- From minuet to scherzo -- Mozart : written and unwritten instructions for interpretation Claudio Monteverdi: discussion of his works. L'Orfeo : text and music ; tempos ; instrumentation and arrangement in L'Orfeo ; Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria ; L'Incoronazione di Poppea ; The Marian Vespers (Vespro della Beata Vergine) -- Johann Sebestian Bach: discussion of works. The Brandenburg concertos ; The St. John Passion ; The St. Matthew Passion ; The history of interpreting Bach's Mass B Minor -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: discussion of his works. Mozart's dramatic technique as reflected in his Idomeneo correspondence ; Mozart's Requiem : his only work with an autobiographical element : thoughts and impressions. |
| Other Titles: | Musikalische Dialog. |
| Responsibility: | Nikolaus Harnoncourt ; translated by Mary O'Neill ; Reinhard G. Pauly, general editor. |
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