The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of
Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's
provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its
earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume
set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the
themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a
significant period in the history of Western music.
Music in the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , the second volume Richard
Taruskin's monumental history, illuminates the explosion of musical
creativity that occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Examining a wealth of topics, Taruskin looks at the elegant masques and
consort music of Jacobean England, the Italian concerto style of Corelli
and Vivaldi, and the progression from Baroque to Rococo to romantic
style. Perhaps most important, he offers a fascinating account of the
giants of this period: Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Laced
with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a
panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics,
art, literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential
reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse
period.
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