Marc-Antoine Charpentier
By: H. Wiley Hitchcock.
Series: Oxford studies of composers ;; 23
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: The French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier is emerging from long neglect as the most important contemporary of Lully. Supplemented by numerous musical illustrations, this study provides a concise and fluent introduction to the composer, his distinctly attractive music, and his place and influence in the world of seventeenth-century French music.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.