Music for a Mixed Taste
Subtitle: Style, Genre, and Meaning in Telemann's Instrumental Works
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: February 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780195169775
Subjects: Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Composers & musicians; Music / History & Criticism; History & Criticism - General; Music; Music/Songbooks; 1681-1767.; Instrumental music; Telemann, Georg Philipp,
Description: This study of Telemann's concertos, sonatas, and suites focuses on his imaginative mixing of styles and genres. Special attention is also devoted to the extramusical meanings and humour of his programmatic overture-suites, his self-publishing enterprise, and the social resonances of his Polish style works.