Books in the The Baroque Composers series

Collects the twenty-two articles that form a representative selection of the best writing on Vivaldi his music, life and times. This title covers such aspects as: biography, Venetian cultural history, manuscript studies, genre studies and musical analysis.

The 300th anniversary of Henry Purcell's death in 1995 stimulated a good deal of research into his music, its sources, performance, reception and cultural context. This title collects the 23 articles that form a representative selection of scholarly writing on Purcell.

An anthology that presents scholarly literature devoted to Handel, and contains different kinds of studies of the composer's biography, operatic career, singers, librettists, and his relationship with the music of other composers.

For nearly two centuries, Johann Sebastian Bach has been regarded as a cornerstone of Western musical culture. This title collects thirty-three articles which not only represent a broad spectrum of the scholarly discussions on Bach's life and works, but also facilitate the study of Bach's creative genius.

Claudio Monteverdi is recognized as the towering figure of a critical transitional moment of Western music history. This title collects the 17 articles that contribute to one or more significant strands in Monteverdi studies.