Early Music History: Volume 17

Early Music History: Volume 17
Author: Iain Fenlon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1999-03-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521622424

Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. It demands the highest standards of scholarship from its contributors, all of whom are leading academics in their fields. It gives preference to studies pursuing interdisciplinary approaches and to those developing novel methodological ideas. The scope is exceptionally broad and includes manuscript studies, textual criticism, iconography, studies of the relationship between words and music and the relationship between music and society. Articles in volume seventeen include: Tropis semper variantibus: Compositional strategies in the offertories of Old Roman chant; Music, identity and the Inquisition in fifteenth-century Spain; Musical aspects of Old Testament canticles in their biblical setting.

Early Christian Period and the Latin Middle Ages

Early Christian Period and the Latin Middle Ages
Author: William Oliver Strunk
Publisher: Source Readings Vol. 2
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1998
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393966954

Published as a single volume in 1950. Published as 5 separate volumes in the 1965 edition. A single volume edition and a set of separate volumes published in 1998. The subtitles of the 1998 edition vary from the subtitles of the 1965 edition.

Understanding Music

Understanding Music
Author: N. Alan Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781940771335

Music moves through time; it is not static. In order to appreciate music wemust remember what sounds happened, and anticipate what sounds might comenext. This book takes you on a journey of music from past to present, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque Period to the 20th century and beyond!

Early Music History: Volume 13

Early Music History: Volume 13
Author: Iain Fenlon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1995-02-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521472821

Concerned with the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. Includes articles on French 16th-century music, theatre and poetry

Early Music History: Volume 23

Early Music History: Volume 23
Author: Iain Fenlon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2004-12-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521842501

Musical history from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century.

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
Author: Thomas Christensen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1033
Release: 2006-04-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1316025489

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. Recognizing the variety and complexity of music theory as an historical subject, the volume has been organized within a flexible framework. Some chapters are defined chronologically within a restricted historical domain, whilst others are defined conceptually and span longer historical periods. Together the thirty-one chapters present a synthetic overview of the fascinating and complex subject that is historical music theory. Richly enhanced with illustrations, graphics, examples and cross-citations as well as being thoroughly indexed and supplemented by comprehensive bibliographies of the most important primary and secondary literature, this book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West

The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West
Author: Curt Sachs
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486466612

An eminent scholar explores the evolution of music, from the ecstatic singing of early civilizations to the development of more structured styles in Egypt, East Asia, Rome, and other regions.

The Cambridge History of World Music

The Cambridge History of World Music
Author: Philip V. Bohlman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 943
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1316025667

Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and nations throughout world history. The chapters in this History take readers to foundational historical moments – in Europe, Oceania, China, India, the Muslim world, North and South America – in search of the connections provided by a truly world music. Historically, world music emerged from ritual and religion, labor and life-cycles, which occupy chapters on Native American musicians, religious practices in India and Indonesia, and nationalism in Argentina and Portugal. The contributors critically examine music in cultural encounter and conflict, and as the critical core of scientific theories from the Arabic Middle Ages through the Enlightenment to postmodernism. Overall, the book contains the histories of the music of diverse cultures, which increasingly become the folk, popular and classical music of our own era.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History
Author: Michael Miller
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1440636370

A beautifully composed journey through music history! Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring, but bestselling author Michael Miller proves that isn’t so. This guide makes music history interesting and fun, for both music students and older music lovers. • Covers more than Western “classical” music—also includes non-Western music and uniquely American forms such as jazz • More than just names and dates—puts musical developments in context with key historical events