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Music At German Courts, 1715-1760: Changing Artistic Priorities
JBS Stockigt, S Owens, BM Reul, JBS Stockigt (ed.), Owens (ed.), M. Reul (ed.)
Boydell & Brewer | Published : 2012
Abstract
‘Music at German Courts’ serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these ‘Kapellen’ had in common. What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring a cast of music directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. ‘Music at German Courts’ serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these ‘Kapellen’ had in common. What was musical life ..
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