The cambridge history of seventeenth century music seeks to provide the most up to date knowledge on seventeenth century music together with a vital questioning of the way in which such a history can be told or put together for our present purposes written by a distinguished team of experts in the field the chapters not only address traditional areas of knowledge such as opera and church music but also look at the way this extremely diverse and dynamic musical world has been categorised . The cambridge history of seventeenth century music seeks to provide the most up to date knowledge on seventeenth century music together with a vital questioning of the way in which such a history can be told or put together for our present purposes written by a distinguished team of experts in the field the chapters not only address traditional areas of knowledge such as opera and church music but also look at the way this extremely diverse and dynamic musical world has been categorised . The cambridge history of seventeenth century music seeks to provide the most up to date knowledge on seventeenth century music together with a vital questioning of the way in which such a history can be told or put together for our present purposes written by a distinguished team of experts in the field the chapters not only address traditional areas of knowledge such as opera and church music but also look at the way this extremely diverse and dynamic musical world has been categorised . A comprehensive study of european musical culture in the seventeenth century. The cambridge history of seventeenth century music provides a complete examination of the repertory institutions performers composers and social and cultural world which created one of the greatest moments in music history the writers explore new aspects of composition and performance which took root during this time the cosmopolitan nature of music making emergence of markets for musical activity and the development of new musical styles and gestures and their language