Fugue in the High Renaissance
Fugue at the End of the Renaissance, Part I: Italy and the
Netherlands
Fugue at the End of the Renaissance, Part II: Germany
German Theory During the Thirty Years War: Fugue in Latin School
Music Texts
Italian Influence on German Fugal Theory, 1640-1680
Instrumental Fugue and the Emergence of Fugal Structure in the
Third Quarter of the Seventeenth Century
Invertible Counterpoint and the Hamburg Circle of Theorists
Fugal Theory, 1680-1710
Fugal Theory in German Lexicographic Texts
Fugal Theory, 1710-1740; Mattheson and Fux
Winner of the 2002 William H. Scheide Prize, from the American Bach
Society, for a publication of exceptional merit on Bach or figures
in his circle.
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Significant contribution to our better understanding of the history
of fugues.
*BACH BIBLIOGRAPHY*
An important addition to the literature on the history of musical
forms.
*CHOICE*
This is a fine and valuable book, encyclopaedic in its coverage of
the subject, and the only treatment (in any language) of the entire
field. It is an extraordinary achievement.
*MUSIC & LETTERS*
Lucidly and engagingly written...this book is an outstanding
contribution to scholarship and a definitive work, indispensable
for the historical study of fugue.
*THE AMERICAN ORGANIST*
Anyone interested in the fascinating topic of the emergence of the
Baroque will find this book a wlecome addition to the overall
picture of that important period of musical history.
*AMERICAN RECORDER*
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