The history of music
1968, 2nd edition, reprint. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with minimal loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #391269
ISBN: 0710061056
Series: History of Civilization. Physical description: viii, 284 p. 25 cm.
Notes: Reprint of the second revised edition from 1931. Bibliography: p. 275-278. Contents: 1. Gregorian chant -- 2. Harmony and polyphony of the Early Middle Ages -- 3. The music of the minstrels and troubadours -- 4. The Flemish polyphonic schools -- 5. The polyphonic church music of the sixteenth century -- 6. The Venetian and other Italian schools of the sixteenth century -- 7. The English polyphonic school -- 8. The music of the Italian Renaissance -- 9. Italian schools of the seventeenth century -- 10. Northern schools of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- 11. The music of the eighteenth century -- 12. The Viennese school -- Italian and German schools of the nineteenth century -- 13. Italian and German schools of the nineteenth century --14. The French school of the nineteenth century -- 15. Miscellaneous schools of the nineteenth century -- 16. The Russian school -- 17. An outline of musical aesthetic. Subjects: Music History and criticism; Music History; Musicians; Composers; Musical Studies.
Price: €25.00