The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of
Western Music by one of the most prominent and provocative
musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin. Now in paperback, the
set has been reconstructed to be available for the first time as
individual books, each one taking on a critical time period in the
history of western music. All five books are also being offered in
a shrink wrapped set for a discounted price. Each book in this
magnificent set illuminates - through a representative sampling of
masterworks - those themes, styles, and currents that give shape
and direction to each musical age. The five titles cover Western
music from its earliest days to the sixteenth century, the
seventeenth and eighteenth century, the nineteenth century, the
early twentieth century, and the late twentieth century. Taking a
critical perspective, Taruskin sets the details of music, the
chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within
the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. He
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.
He also describes how the context of each stylistic period - key
cultural, historical, social, economic, and scientific events -
influenced and directed compositional choices. Moreover, the five
books are filled with helpful illustrations that enhance the
historical context of musical composition, as well as musical
examples, black-and-white pictures throughout, suggestions for
further reading, and indexes. Laced with brilliant observations,
memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the
interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature,
religion, and music, these books will be essential reading for
anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse tradition.
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