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The musical dialogue : thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach, and Mozart / Nikolaus Harnoncourt ; translated by Mary O'Neill ; Reinhard G. Pauly, general editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: engger Publication details: Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, c1989.Description: 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 093134008X
Uniform titles:
  • Musikalische Dialog. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML60 .H33713 1989
Contents:
The tonal image of medieval music -- Musical instruments in church and elsewhere -- The great innovation around 1600 -- Tonal aesthetics : is ugly beautiful -- Monteverdi today -- Work and arrangement : the role of instruments -- Work and performance -- Bach and the musicians of his age -- Performance traditions -- The concerto -- The Gamba sonatas : idiomatic sound or Ad Libitum -- The cantatas : at the center of Bach's work -- The wind instruments in Bach's cantatas -- Bach's "Oboe da Caccia" and its reconstruction -- Bach's use of "Parody" -- The first performance of the St. Matthew Passion by the Concentus Musicus -- The St. Matthew Passion : history and tradition -- Mozart was not an innovator -- Mozart : size of orchestras -- Mozart's use of "Allegro" and "Andante" -- From minuet to scherzo -- Mozart : written and unwritten instructions for interpretation. Claudio Monteverdi: discussion of his works. L'Orfeo : text and music ; tempos ; instrumentation and arrangement in L'Orfeo ; Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria ; L'Incoronazione di Poppea ; The Marian Vespers (Vespro della Beata Vergine) -- Johann Sebestian Bach: discussion of works. The Brandenburg concertos ; The St. John Passion ; The St. Matthew Passion ; The history of interpreting Bach's Mass B Minor -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: discussion of his works. Mozart's dramatic technique as reflected in his Idomeneo correspondence ; Mozart's Requiem : his only work with an autobiographical element : thoughts and impressions.
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Translation of: Der musikalische Dialog.

Discography: p. 215-220.

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The tonal image of medieval music -- Musical instruments in church and elsewhere -- The great innovation around 1600 -- Tonal aesthetics : is ugly beautiful -- Monteverdi today -- Work and arrangement : the role of instruments -- Work and performance -- Bach and the musicians of his age -- Performance traditions -- The concerto -- The Gamba sonatas : idiomatic sound or Ad Libitum -- The cantatas : at the center of Bach's work -- The wind instruments in Bach's cantatas -- Bach's "Oboe da Caccia" and its reconstruction -- Bach's use of "Parody" -- The first performance of the St. Matthew Passion by the Concentus Musicus -- The St. Matthew Passion : history and tradition -- Mozart was not an innovator -- Mozart : size of orchestras -- Mozart's use of "Allegro" and "Andante" -- From minuet to scherzo -- Mozart : written and unwritten instructions for interpretation. Claudio Monteverdi: discussion of his works. L'Orfeo : text and music ; tempos ; instrumentation and arrangement in L'Orfeo ; Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria ; L'Incoronazione di Poppea ; The Marian Vespers (Vespro della Beata Vergine) -- Johann Sebestian Bach: discussion of works. The Brandenburg concertos ; The St. John Passion ; The St. Matthew Passion ; The history of interpreting Bach's Mass B Minor -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: discussion of his works. Mozart's dramatic technique as reflected in his Idomeneo correspondence ; Mozart's Requiem : his only work with an autobiographical element : thoughts and impressions.