Title: Johann Joseph Fux and the music of the Austro-Italian baroque /
Authors: White, Harry.; Fux, Johann Joseph, 1660-1741; White, Harry, 1958-
Publisher: Scolar Press ; Ashgate Pub. Co.,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Fux, Johann Joseph,; Fux, Johann Joseph, Criticism and interpretation.; Music Austria History and criticism
Abstract: This book comprises a collection of essays which addresses the achievements of Fux as composer and theorist. Fux has long been regarded as the outstanding exponent of the late Austro-Italian Baroque, and this timely volume of studies, published in the 250th anniversary year of his death, assesses both the range and influence of Fux's work and the current condition of Fux scholarship.
Contents: Johann Joseph Fux und die Gegenwart / Hellmut Federhofer -- The Fux tradition and the mystery of the music archive at Melk Abbey / Robert N. Freeman -- Johann Joseph Fux's theoretical writings: a classical legacy / Alfred Mann -- Zur Unvollstandigkeit und denkbaren Anlage der Gradus von Fux / Rudolf Flotzinger -- The chalumeau in the works of Fux / Colin Lawson -- The use of wind instruments (excluding chalumeau) in Fux's music / Wolfgang Suppan -- Zur Ddatierung der Triosonaten und Anderer Werke von Fux / Josef-Horst Lederer -- The secular-dramatic compositions of Fux: a general survey / Herbert Seifert -- The literary and dramaturgical aspects of the Viennese Sepolcro oratorio, with particular reference to Fux / Erika Kanduth -- The Sepolcro oratorios of Fux: an assessment / Harry White -- Bemerkungen zu den Kompositionen von Johann Joseph Fux zum Offertorium / Rudolf Walter -- Bibliographie des Fux-Schrifttums/a Fux bibliography / Ingrid Schubert.