Critica musica : essays in honor of Paul Brainard / edited by John Knowles.
| Other author | Knowles, John, 1948- editor. |
| Other author | Brainard, Paul honoree. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam : Gordon and Breach, ©1996. |
| Description | xiii, 489 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Musicology, 0275-5866 ; v. 18 Musicology (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 18. ^A174694 |
| Contents | Some considerations of the sources of Cristóbal Galán's music / John H. Baron -- The speaking body: Gaspero Angiolini's Rhétorique Muette and the Ballet d'Action in the eighteenth century / Ingrid Brainard -- Costanzo Festa's Inviolata, integra et casta es Maria: a double homage motet / Mitchell P. Brauner -- Bach, theology, and harmony: a new look at the arias / Stephen A. Crist -- The symphony and the artist's creed: Camille Saint-Saëns and his Third Symphony / Ludwig Finscher -- The letter as convention in seventeenth-century Venetian opera / Beth L. Glixon -- Poetic and musical forms in the Laude of Innocentius Dammonis / Jonathan Glixon -- Melody and motive in Schenker's earliest writings / Allan Keiler -- Twins, cousins, and heirs: relationships among editions of music printed in sixteenth-century Venice / Mary S. Lewis -- Rhetoric, rhythm, and harmony as keys to Schütz's Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich? / Eva Linfield -- Bach's tempo ordinario: a plaine and easie introduction to the system / Robert L. Marshall -- Amorous dialogues: poetic topos and polyphonic texture in some polytextual songs of the late middle ages / Virginia Newes -- The violins in Bach's St. John Passion / Joshua Rifkin -- French opera in transition: Silvie (1765) by Trial and Berton / Lois Rosow -- Kindling the compositional fire: Haydn's keyboard Phantasiren / Hollace A. Schafer -- When sources seem to fail: the clarinet parts in Mozart's K. 581 and K. 622 / Joel Sheveloff -- From madrigal to toccata: Frescobaldi and the Seconda Prattica / Alexander Silbiger -- Beethoven and Shakespeare / Caldwell Titcomb -- Tenors lost and found: the reconstruction of motets in two medieval chansonniers / Mary E. Wolinski. |
| Abstract | Upon the event of Paul Brainard's retirement from a long career of teaching, renowned academics and former students pay homage to a diverse scholar who set high standards for a thorough, meticulous, and reasoned approach to critical evaluation. Professor Brainard is best known for his work with the music of the Baroque, particularly Bach and Handel. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Bibliography note | "Principal publications of Paul Brainard" (pages xi-xiii). |
| ISBN | 9056995227 |
| ISBN | 9789056995225 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML55.B73 C7 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |