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The Oxford History of Western Music: Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century (Paperback, Revised)
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The Oxford History of Western Music: Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century (Paperback, Revised)
Series: The Oxford History of Western Music
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The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of
Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's
provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its
earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative
five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of
masterworks- the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and
direction to a significant period in the history of Western music.
This first volume in Richard Taruskin's majestic history, Music
from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century, sweeps across
centuries of musical innovation to shed light on the early forces
that shaped the development of the Western classical tradition.
Beginning with the invention of musical notation more than a
thousand years ago, Taruskin addresses topics such as the legend of
Saint Gregory and Gregorian chant, Augustine's and Boethius's
thoughts on music, the liturgical dramas of Hildegard of Bingen,
the growth of the music printing business, the literary revolution
and the English madrigal, the influence of the Reformation and the
Counter-Reformation, and the operas of Monteverdi. Laced with
brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic
sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art,
literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential
reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse
period.
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