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The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Late Twentieth Century (Paperback, Revised)
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The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Late Twentieth Century (Paperback, Revised)
Series: The Oxford History of Western Music
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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 context of each stylistic period-key cultural, historical,
social, economic, and scientific events-influenced and directed
compositional choices. Unlike earlier surveys, Taruskin provides
greater attention to the full range of 20th century music,
including American music as part of the mainstream tradition of
western music, women in music, and popular music.
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