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A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 2: the Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Protestant Germany and England
Howard E. Smither
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paperback. History of the Oratorio: Vol. 2: the Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Protestant Germany and England Num Pages: 415 pages, black & white illustrations, printed music items. BIC Classification: AVC; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Written by an eminent scholar in a style that represents American musicological writing at its communicative best, A History of the Oratorio offers a synthesis and critical appraisal so exhaustive and reliable that the serious student of the oratorio will be compelled to look to these volumes as an indispensable source. No work on the history of the oratorio has yet appeared in the English language that is comparable in scope and treatment with Howard Smither's comprehensive four-volume work.
The first part of volume 2 examines in depth the antecedents and origins of the oratorio in Protestant Germany in ... Read more
Written by an eminent scholar in a style that represents American musicological writing at its communicative best, A History of the Oratorio offers a synthesis and critical appraisal so exhaustive and reliable that the serious student of the oratorio will be compelled to look to these volumes as an indispensable source. No work on the history of the oratorio has yet appeared in the English language that is comparable in scope and treatment with Howard Smither's comprehensive four-volume work.
The first part of volume 2 examines in depth the antecedents and origins of the oratorio in Protestant Germany in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
Number of Pages
415
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807837757
SKU
V9780807837757
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About Howard E. Smither
Howard E. Smither is James Gordon Hanes Professor of the Humanities in Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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