American Fuging-Tunes, 1770-1820

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American Fuging-Tunes, 1770-1820 A Descriptive Catalog

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By Karl Kroeger

ISBN: 0-313-29000-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29000-8

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240 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 10/30/1993

List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4

Subjects:

The Arts » Ethnomusicology

Series Title: Music Reference Collection

Series Number: 41

Reviews:

...A useful work by a recognized authority for identifying and describing approximately 1,300 fuging-tunes published in American tunebooks for the period studies. The tunes are listed alphabetically under composers' names. Each entry includes a numerical incipit of the first 13 pitches of the main melody and information on the tune structure and length, fuges, rhythm, poetic meter and first line of text, and earliest sources. Recommended for advanced undergraduate and graduate collections.
—Choice
Kroeger, catalogs 1,298 fuging-tunes, essentially every one published in America. Extremely useful multiple indexes, coinciding with the citations, conclude the volume. The author does an excellent job with his material, and users need not worry about his comprehensiveness or his scholarship. An excellent acquisition for all libraries interested in early American liturgical/secular music or those establishing a comprehensive music collection. Colonial historians would even appreciate the brief biographies, many of which are not readily found elsewhere.
—RQ Summer 1994

Description: The fuging-tune has long been associated with American music. Indeed, it was once thought to have been an American innovation, but research has shown that, like much else in 18th-century America, the fuging-tune had its origins in England. The American composer adopted and developed it, added his own expressive touches, and made it a primary vehicle for his musical creativity. The almost 1300 fuging-tunes by American composers published between 1770 and 1820 testify to their widespread popularity and musical impact. They represent about a quarter of all the pieces composed by American psalmodists, and are by far the most imaginative musical settings for religious poetry.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Guide to the Catalog
American Fuging-Tunes (1770-1820)
Bibliography: Abbreviations and Short Titles
Index of Tune Names
Structure Index
Fuge Order of Entry Index
Fuge Rhythm Index
Text Coordination and Fuge Time Interval Index
Date of First Publication Index
Source Index (Alphabetical)
Source Index (Chronological)
Metrical Index
First Line Index
Index of Poetic Sources
Index of Composers
Index of Tunes with Multiple Fuges

LC Card Number: 93-30774

LCC Class: ML120

Dewey Class: 016.78227


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