A History of Western MusicBuilding on his monumental revision of the Seventh Edition, Peter Burkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation of students, placing people at the center of the story. The narrative of A History of Western Music naturally focuses on the musical works, styles, genres, and ideas that have proven most influential, enduring, and significant--but it also encompasses a wide range of music, from religious to secular, from serious to humorous, from art music to popular music, and from Europe to the Americas. With a six-part structure emphasizing the music's reception and continued influence, Burkholder's narrative establishes a social and historical context for each repertoire to reveal its legacy and its significance today. |
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... motets raised new possibilities . Composers reworked existing motets in several ways : ( 1 ) writing a different text for the duplum , in Latin or French , no longer necessarily linked to the chant text and often on a secular topic ...
... motets , like the clausulae and organa that spawned them , were regarded not as immutable works but as common property open to reworking . CD 2/4 CD 2/5 When , where , and how motets were performed are interesting questions ...
... motets on Latin texts . These were of two main types : the petit motet ( small motet ) , a sacred concerto for few voices with continuo , and the grand motet ( large motet ) for soloists , double chorus , and orchestra , corresponding ...
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A History of Western Music Donald Jay Grout,James Peter Burkholder,Claude V. Palisca No preview available - 2010 |