Bibliograph

A history of Western music

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A history of Western music

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 668-694)

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of Western music

Nature of contents

bibliography

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391354

Table Of Contents

The state of music at the end of the ancient world -- Gregorian chant and secular song in the Middle Ages -- The beginnings of polyphony and the music of the thirteenth century -- French and Italian music of the fourteenth century -- Music at the close of the Middle Ages : the English and Burgundian schools -- The age of the Renaissance : Ockeghem to Josquin -- New currents in the sixteenth century -- Church music and instrumental music in the late Renaissance -- Early Baroque music -- The mature Baroque : vocal music -- The mature Baroque : instrumental music -- The early eighteenth century -- Sources of Classical style : the sonata, symphony, and opera in the eighteenth century -- The late eighteenth century -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) -- The Romantic period : vocal music -- The Romantic period : instrumental music -- The Romantic period : opera and music drama -- The end of an era -- The twentieth century

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