Music and the exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart / Ralph P. Locke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Locke, Ralph P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--16th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--17th century--History and criticism.

Music--18th century--History and criticism.

Exoticism in music.

Exoticism in opera.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxii, 449 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction : a rich and complex heritage. Images and principles ; Exotic in style? : paradigms and interpretations

Part II. The West and its others. The early cultural background ; Encounters

Part III. Songs and dance-types. Popular songs ; Dances and instrumental styles from (or "from") elsewhere

Part IV. Exotic portrayals on stage, in concert, in church. Courtly ballets ; Distinctive developments in Venice and other Italian cities and courts ; Oratorio and other religious genres ; Early opera and partly sung stage works ; French and Italian serious opera, especially Lully and Handel ; Eighteenth-century comic operas and short danced works

Obsession with the Middle East : from the Parisian fairs to Mozart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-444) and index.

ISBN:

9781107012370

1107012376

OCLC:

895030573

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