This book, first published in 1974, has become the classic study of one of the most popular musical forms in early eighteenth-century France. It not only docume

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Traditional musicology has tended to see the Spanish eighteenth century as a period of decline, but this 1998 volume shows it to be rich in interest and achieve

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