Compositional Theory in the Eighteenth Century |
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| Author:
| Lester, Joel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-15523-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the most comprehensive account ever given of the theory behind the music of Baroque and Classical composers, from Bach to Beethoven. While giving preeminent theorists their due in this panoramic survey of musical thought, Joel Lester also examines the works of more than one hundred seventeenth- and eighteenth century writers.
This is the most comprehensive account ever given of the theory behind the music of Baroque and Classical composers, from Bach to Beethoven. While giving preeminent theorists their due in this panoramic survey of musical thought, Joel Lester also examines the works of more than one hundred seventeenth- and eighteenth century writers.