The musical discourse of servitude : authority, autonomy and the work-concept in Fux, Bach, and Handel /
White, Harry, 1958-
The musical discourse of servitude : authority, autonomy and the work-concept in Fux, Bach, and Handel / Harry White. - xvii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: (pages 289-300) and index.
Introduction. Servitude, autonomy and the European musical imagination -- The Minstrelsy of heaven : Servility, freedom and the dynastic style -- The Virtuoso of submissiveness : Fux and the concept of authority -- The steward of unmeaning art : Bach and the musical subject -- 'A darkness which might be felt' : Handel, Fux and the Oratorio -- Steps to Parnassus : Fux, Caldara and Bach -- Conclusion. Well, well, well : Fux, Bach and Handel.
"The Musical Discourse of Servitude examines the music of Johann Joseph Fux (c.1660-1741) in relation to that of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Its principal argument is that Fux's long indenture as a composer of church music in Vienna gains in meaning (and cultural significance) when situated along an axis that runs between the liturgical servitude of writing music for the imperial court service and the autonomy of musical imagination which transpires in the late works of Bach and Handel. To this end, The Musical Discourse of Servitude constructs a typology of the late baroque musical imagination which draws Fux, Bach and Handel into the orbit of North Italian compositional practice"--
9780190903879 (hardback)
2020012843
Fux, Johann Joseph, 1660-1741
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Music--History and criticism--Europe--18th century
Church music
780.94
The musical discourse of servitude : authority, autonomy and the work-concept in Fux, Bach, and Handel / Harry White. - xvii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: (pages 289-300) and index.
Introduction. Servitude, autonomy and the European musical imagination -- The Minstrelsy of heaven : Servility, freedom and the dynastic style -- The Virtuoso of submissiveness : Fux and the concept of authority -- The steward of unmeaning art : Bach and the musical subject -- 'A darkness which might be felt' : Handel, Fux and the Oratorio -- Steps to Parnassus : Fux, Caldara and Bach -- Conclusion. Well, well, well : Fux, Bach and Handel.
"The Musical Discourse of Servitude examines the music of Johann Joseph Fux (c.1660-1741) in relation to that of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Its principal argument is that Fux's long indenture as a composer of church music in Vienna gains in meaning (and cultural significance) when situated along an axis that runs between the liturgical servitude of writing music for the imperial court service and the autonomy of musical imagination which transpires in the late works of Bach and Handel. To this end, The Musical Discourse of Servitude constructs a typology of the late baroque musical imagination which draws Fux, Bach and Handel into the orbit of North Italian compositional practice"--
9780190903879 (hardback)
2020012843
Fux, Johann Joseph, 1660-1741
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Music--History and criticism--Europe--18th century
Church music
780.94