The Essercizii musici: A Study of the Late Baroque Sonata

Telemann's Essercizii musici is a seminal publication of the 1730's representative of the state of the sonata in Germany at that time. Telemann's music has been largely viewed in negative terms, presumably because of its lack of originality, with the result that the collection's content has been treated in a perfunctory manner. This thesis presents a reappraisal of the Essercizii musici based on criteria presented in Quantz's Versuch. A major source of the period, the Versuch provides an analytical framework for a deeper understanding of the sonatas that comprise Telemann's last publication. A comparison of contemporary publications of similarly titled collections establishes an historical framework for assessing the importance of the Essercizii musici as part of a tradition of publications with didactic objectives that may be traced to the late 17th century.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2001

Author dc:creator

• Volcansek, Frederick Wallace

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bush, Deanna D.
• Brothers, Lester
• McKnight, Mark, 1951-

• Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767. Essercizii musici.
• Quantz, Johann Joachim, 1697-1773. Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen.
• Sonata.
• Music -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
• Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
• music pedagogy
• Essercizii Musici
• Telemann
• sonata

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• Public
• Copyright
• Volcansek, Frederick Wallace
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

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oclc: 49960862
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