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Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period
Bertil Van Boer
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Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
When we speak of “classical music” it often refers rather loosely to serious “art” music but at the core is really the music of the classical period running from about 1730 to 1800, give or take. This was truly one of the most glorious periods for both composition and performance and it is this classical music which is still at the core of today’s repertoire. Obvious names connected with this period are Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, but there were many more still reasonably well known like Gluck and C.P.E Bach, and dozens more who are regrettably little known ... Read more
When we speak of “classical music” it often refers rather loosely to serious “art” music but at the core is really the music of the classical period running from about 1730 to 1800, give or take. This was truly one of the most glorious periods for both composition and performance and it is this classical music which is still at the core of today’s repertoire. Obvious names connected with this period are Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, but there were many more still reasonably well known like Gluck and C.P.E Bach, and dozens more who are regrettably little known ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
Number of Pages
664
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810871830
SKU
V9780810871830
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99-15
About Bertil Van Boer
Bertil van Boer is professor of Musicology-Theory at Western Washington University. Trained as a performer, his focus of research is on the music of the European periphery during the 18th century, with special emphasis on Scandinavia. He has written substantially on Classical music, this partly in the form of articles in learned journals and reference works, and has ... Read more
Reviews for Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period
Van Boer (music history, Western Washington Univ.) defines music’s “Classical period” as covering composers active between 1730 and 1800 (a standard and useful, if not always agreed-upon, range) whose work “must conform to either a developmental or conventional stage of some style we can call ‘Classical.’” He provides more than 1000 cross-referenced entries on Classical composers (primarily), major performers ... Read more