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'Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination offers a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of a crucial phenomenon of Romantic musical life with which English-speaking readers may be only partially familiar. The book is to be recommended for its narrative breadth, its perceptive analytical insights, and its rich counterpoint of aesthetic theories and compositional practice of the Romantic era. It is a must-read for those music and cultural historians with an interest not only in nineteenth-century German intellectual life, but also in issues such as the creation of the modern musical canon and music historiography.' Nineteenth-Century Music Review
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James Garratt explores the revival of sixteenth-century music in nineteenth-century Germany, focusing on the reception of Palestrina by critics, historians, performers and composers. He demonstrates that the Palestrina revival was just as significant for nineteenth-century culture as parallel movements in the other arts. This study is of relevance to scholars, students and devotees of nineteenth-century music, as well as those with interests in nineteenth-century culture, art, architecture, literature and aesthetics, the history of church music and the early music revival.
Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination : Interpreting Historicism in Nineteenth-Century Music (Musical Performance and Reception)
Palestrina and the German Romantic Imagination : Interpreting Historicism in Nineteenth-Century Music (Musical Performance and Reception),James Garratt,John Butt,Laurence Dreyfus,Cambridge University Press,0521807379,19th century,Choral music,Historicism,History & Criticism - General,History and criticism,Music,Germany,Music / General,Music--19th century--History and criticism,Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
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