New Oxford History of Music
Title | New Oxford History of Music PDF eBook |
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Release | 1954 |
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The new Oxford history of music. 2. Early medieval music up to 1300
Title | The new Oxford history of music. 2. Early medieval music up to 1300 PDF eBook |
Author | Anselm Hughes |
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Pages | 434 |
Release | 1969 |
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New Oxford History of Music Vol 1
Title | New Oxford History of Music Vol 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Egon Wellesz |
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Release | 1957 |
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Ancient and Oriental Music
Title | Ancient and Oriental Music PDF eBook |
Author | Egon Wellesz |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Music |
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New Oxford History of Music, Vol. 1
Title | New Oxford History of Music, Vol. 1 PDF eBook |
Author | NEW. |
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Release | 1957 |
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The New Oxford History of Music Vol 1
Title | The New Oxford History of Music Vol 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Egon Wellesz |
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Release | 1957 |
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Oxford History of Western Music
Title | Oxford History of Western Music PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Taruskin |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 6390 |
Release | 2009-07-27 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0199813698 |
The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the c