Johann Mattheson's Pièces de Clavecin and Das Neu-Eröffnete Orchestre: Mattheson's Universal Style in Theory and Practice

by Margaret Seares

A prolific music theorist and critic as well as an established composer, Johannes Mattheson remains surprisingly understudied. In this important study, Margaret Seares places Mattheson's Pi ces de clavecin (1714) in the context of his work as a public intellectual who encouraged German musicians and their musical public to eschew what he saw as the hidebound traditions of the past, and instead embrace a universalism of style and expression derived...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367669307
• ISBN13: 9780367669300
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"