Music and its Story
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- Author: Robert T. White
- Date Published: March 2013
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107632035
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Originally published in 1924, this book contains a concise introduction to the study of musical history, providing accessible information on the growth and development of musical forms. There is some biographical detail on the lives of musicians, but the focus of the text is mainly restricted to a chronological account of the nature of musical structure. Numerous illustrative figures and musical scores are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the historical development of music and musical education.
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- Date Published: March 2013
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107632035
- length: 208 pages
- dimensions: 203 x 127 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.23kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The beginnings of music
2. Early stages of music
3. Greek and Roman music
4. Folk-music
5. Music in the early church
6. Introduction to harmony
7. Music in the fifteenth century
8. Music in the sixteenth century
9. Music and the reformation
10. Secular music
11. Tudor music
12. Opera and oratorio
13. Handel and Bach
14. Form and expression
15. Beethoven
16. Schubert - romanticism
17. Berlioz - 'programme music'
18. The later classical period
19. Wagner
20. Music and nationality
21. Later developments
Appendix 1. The modern orchestra
Appendix 2. Form in instrumental music
Appendix 3. Gramophone records
Appendix 4. The listener
Bibliography
Index.
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