The Stylus Phantasticus and Free Keyboard Music of the North German BaroqueThe concept of stylus phantasticus (or ?fantastic style?) as it was expressed in free keyboard music of the north German Baroque forms the focus of this book. Exploring both the theoretical background to the style and its application by composers and performers, Paul Collins surveys the development of Athanasius Kircher?s original concept and its influence on music theorists such as Brossard, Janovka, Mattheson, and Walther. Turning specifically to fantasist composers of keyboard works, the book examines the keyboard toccatas of Merulo, Fresobaldi, Rossi and Froberger and their influence on north German organists Tunder, Weckmann, Reincken, Buxtehude, Bruhns, Lubeck, Bohm, and Leyding. The free keyboard music of this distinguished group highlights the intriguing relationship at this time between composition and performance, the concept of fantasy, and the understanding of originality and individuality in seventeenth-century culture. |
Contents
Kir ehers Musurgia universalis 1650 and the stylus | |
Janovka | |
The origins of the stylus phantasticus and the styles relationship | |
The free keyboard works of the north German organ school | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
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The Stylus Phantasticus and Free Keyboard Music of the North German Baroque Paul Collins Limited preview - 2017 |
The Stylus Phantasticus and Free Keyboard Music of the North German Baroque Paul Collins No preview available - 2016 |
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