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Document Type: | Book |
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Paul Mark Walker |
ISBN: | 9781580460293 1580460291 9781580461504 1580461506 |
OCLC Number: | 644491200 |
Description: | 485 p |
Contents: | Fugue in the High RenaissanceFugue at the End of the Renaissance, Part I: Italy and the NetherlandsFugue at the End of the Renaissance, Part II: GermanyGerman Theory During the Thirty Years War: Fugue in Latin School Music TextsItalian Influence on German Fugal Theory, 1640-1680Instrumental Fugue and the Emergence of Fugal Structure in the Third Quarter of the Seventeenth CenturyInvertible Counterpoint and the Hamburg Circle of TheoristsFugal Theory, 1680-1710Fugal Theory in German Lexicographic TextsFugal Theory, 1710-1740; Mattheson and Fux |
Responsibility: | Paul Mark Walker. |
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Distilling and organizing the contents of several hundred primary sources, Paul Mark Walker is especially to be commended for his thorough investigation of German manuscript sources, and he achieves a clear and concise account of the development of fugal theory over a span of two centuries. Examples and apt quotations draw the reader into the evolving theory of fugue. -- William Renwick * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * Winner of the 2002 William H. Scheide Prize, from the American Bach Society, for a publication of exceptional merit on Bach or figures in his circle. * . * Significant contribution to our better understanding of the history of fugues. * BACH BIBLIOGRAPHY * An important addition to the literature on the history of musical forms. * CHOICE * This is a fine and valuable book, encyclopaedic in its coverage of the subject, and the only treatment [in any language] of the entire field. It is an extraordinary achievement. * MUSIC & LETTERS * Lucidly and engagingly written. . . this book is an outstanding contribution to scholarship and a definitive work, indispensable for the historical study of fugue. * THE AMERICAN ORGANIST * Anyone interested in the fascinating topic of the emergence of the Baroque will find this book a welcome addition to the overall picture of that important period of musical history. * AMERICAN RECORDER * Read more...

