Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination Interpreting Historicism in Nineteenth-Century Music |
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| Author:
| Garratt, James |
| Contribution by:
| Butt, John
Dreyfus, Laurence |
| Series title: | Musical Performance and Reception Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-80737-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $132.00 |
Book Description:
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James Garratt explores the revival of sixteenth-century music in nineteenth-century Germany, focusing on the reception of Palestrina by critics, historians, performers and composers. It demonstrates that the Palestrina revival was just as significant for nineteenth-century culture as parallel movements in the other arts, and is the first book in English on this topic. It is of relevance to scholars, students and devotees of nineteenth-century music, as well as those with interests in...
More DescriptionJames Garratt explores the revival of sixteenth-century music in nineteenth-century Germany, focusing on the reception of Palestrina by critics, historians, performers and composers. It demonstrates that the Palestrina revival was just as significant for nineteenth-century culture as parallel movements in the other arts, and is the first book in English on this topic. It is of relevance to scholars, students and devotees of nineteenth-century music, as well as those with interests in nineteenth-century culture, art, architecture, literature and aesthetics, the history of church music and the early music revival.