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The musical discourse of servitude : authority, autonomy, and the work-concept in the music of fux, bach, and handel / Harry White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Harry, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- Fux, Johann Joseph, 1660-1741.
- Fux, Johann Joseph.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Handel, George Frideric.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- 'The Musical Discourse of Servitude' presents a new theory of how the late baroque musical imagination developed by comparing the compositions of Johann Joseph Fux, J.S. Bach, and G.F. Handel.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Servitude, Autonomy and the European Musical Imagination
- The Minstrelsy of Heaven : Servility, Freedom and the Dynastic Style
- The Virtuoso of Submissiveness : Fux and the Concept of Authority
- The Steward of Unmeaning Art : Bach and the Musical Subject
- 'A Darkness Which Might be Felt' : Handel, Fux and the Oratorio
- Steps to Parnassus : Fux, Caldara and Bach
- Conclusion. Well, well, well : Fux, Bach and Handel.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-090390-2
- 0-19-090388-0
- 0-19-090389-9
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