Süddeutsche Hofkapellen im 18. Jahrhundert
Contributors: Bärbel, Pelker
Publisher: Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP)
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: ger
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9783946054788; 9783946054795
Subjects: History: specific events & topics; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Music
Description: Since the Middle Ages, next to churches the courts have been the most important employers of professional musicians. The important role of court music in European and particularly in German music history has not been reflected in the efforts made by musicological scholarship in the past. Although there are numerous studies on particular courts, comparative studies are still lacking. This publication documents the current state of research on the most important court chapels, as well as selected smaller aristocratic chapels in southern Germany during the eighteenth century. 

Notes: German.