1st Edition

German Secular Song-books of the Mid-seventeenth Century: An Examination of the Texts in Collections of Songs Published in the German-language Area Between 1624 and 1660 An Examination of the Texts in Collections of Songs Published in the German-language Area Between 1624 and 1660

By Anthony J. Harper Copyright 2003
354 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2003. The secular song of the 17th century represents a relatively neglected area of German culture. In this book, Anthony J. Harper first studies the songs of the two great models of the time, Martin Opitz and Paul Fleming, following this with an analysis of the song-books and collections from three regions: the North-East, Central Germany, and the North. The... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Pan-German Models: Opitz and Fleming; 3: The North-East; 4: Central Germany; 5: Hamburg and the North; 6: Concluding Review

Biography

Anthony J. Harper