Taruskin, Richard.

Music in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Richard Taruskin. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxiii, 805 p. : ill., maps, music ; 26 cm. - The Oxford history of western music ; v. 2 .

Rev. ed. of: Oxford history of western music. Vol. 2, The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 759-768) and index.

Opera from Monteverdi to Monteverdi -- Fat times and lean -- Courts resplendent, overthrown, restored -- Class and classicism -- The Italian concerto style and the rise of tonality-driven form -- Class of 1685 (I) -- Class of 1685 (II) -- The comic style -- Enlightenment and reform -- Instrumental music lifts off -- The composer's voice -- The first romantics -- C-minor moods.

9780195384826 (alk. paper) 0195384822 (alk. paper) 9780199842155 (hbk.)

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Music--History and criticism--17th century
Music--History and criticism.--18th century

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