The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers : A Handbook

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Upton, George P. (George Putnam), 1834-1919.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers" by George P. Upton is a comprehensive handbook written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a guide to the cantata genre, including sketches of notable works and biographies of their composers, while also providing an analysis of the history and evolution of the cantata form. It aims to educate music enthusiasts-particularly those who are not trained musicians-about the significant contributions to this musical tradition. At the start of the book, Upton introduces the concept of the cantata, tracing its origins and development from early Italian music through to its various adaptations. He discusses the challenges of defining what constitutes a cantata due to its flexible nature and the wide range of compositions it encompasses. The opening sections highlight the contributions of key composers, including Bach, Berlioz, and Beethoven, offering insights into their notable works and the contexts from which they emerged, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of significant cantatas in the chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Charley Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2010-05-04