North German Church Music in the Age of Buxtehude (Oxford Monographs on Music)

By Geoffrey Webber

This book surveys North German church music from the period of the best-known of J.S. Bach's immediate German predecessors, Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707). Webber places particular emphasis on composers whose work has suffered unjust neglect, and on the influence of contemporary Italian church music. As well as providing a detailed study of the music itself, the book also examines its religious and social background and aspects of performance practice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019816212X
• ISBN13: 9780198162124
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"