Description
| Product ID: | 9781108493833 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Composer Studies |
| Title: | Telemann Studies |
| Authors: | Author: Steven Zohn, Wolfgang Hirschmann |
| Page Count: | 374 |
| Subjects: | Theory of music and musicology, Theory of music & musicology, Music reviews and criticism, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews & criticism, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Georg Philipp Telemann's significance within eighteenth-century musical culture is now well acknowledged, and his rich and varied output increasingly appreciated by students, scholars, and listeners. This volume of essays - the first of its kind in English - will provide the impetus for growing international engagement with Telemann's legacy. Even as Georg Philipp Telemann''s significance within eighteenth-century musical culture has become more widely appreciated in recent years, the English-language literature on his life and music has remained limited. This volume, bringing together sixteen essays by leading scholars from the USA, Germany, and Japan, helps to redress this imbalance as it signals a more international engagement with Telemann''s legacy. The composer appears here not only as an important early Enlightenment figure, but also as a postmodern one. Chapters on his sacred music address the works'' sensitivity to Lutheran and physico-theology, contrasting of historical and modern consciousness, and embodiment of an emerging opus concept. His secular compositions and writings are brought into rich dialogue with French musical and aesthetic currents. Also considered are Telemann''s relationships with contemporaries such as Johann Sebastian Bach, the urban and courtly contexts for his music, and his influential position as ''general Kapellmeister'' of protestant Germany. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-04 |
