La música barroca

In this complete and penetrating analysis of the music of the Baroque era, the author assumes the role of social historian, cultural anthropologist, musicologist and narrator, to, with his description of the cultural, social and political forces of the moment, offer readers a context that is essential to properly assess the musical achievements and innovations that took place in the period of time between 1580 and 1750. From the Holy Empire to the territories of Hispanic America, from opera to oratorio, from cantata to the sonata, from theory to improvisatory practices, its pages analyze the main genres, forms and styles that marked musical evolution for more than two centuries, led by its main protagonists: Purcell, Corelli, Vivaldi, Lully, Rameau, Händel... until reaching the immense figure of Johann Sebastian Bach, with whom this intense and dynamic period in the history of Western culture closes. The text is completed with the in-depth analysis of eighty musical examples, to which is added an extensive bibliography at the end of each chapter.