A concise history of western music / Paul Griffiths.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 348 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521842948
  • 9780521842945
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML 160 .G823 2006
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Contents:
Time whole. From Babylonians to Franks -- Time measured 1100-1400. Troubadours and organists ; Ars nova and Narcissus's clock -- Time sensed 1400-1630. Harmony, the light of time ; The radiance of the high Renaissance ; Reformation and heartache ; To speak in music -- Time known 1630-1770. Baroque mornings ; Fugue, concerto and operatic passion ; Rococo and reform -- Time embraced 1770-1815. Sonata as comedy ; Revolution's momentum -- Time escaping 1815-1907. The deaf man and the singer ; Angels and other prodigies ; New Germans and old Vienna ; Romantic evenings ; Nightfall and sunrise -- Time tangled 1908-1975. To begin again ; Forwards and backwards, and sideways ; The people's needs ; To begin again again ; Whirlwind -- Time lost 1975-. Echoes in the labyrinth ; Interlude.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Time whole. From Babylonians to Franks -- Time measured 1100-1400. Troubadours and organists ; Ars nova and Narcissus's clock -- Time sensed 1400-1630. Harmony, the light of time ; The radiance of the high Renaissance ; Reformation and heartache ; To speak in music -- Time known 1630-1770. Baroque mornings ; Fugue, concerto and operatic passion ; Rococo and reform -- Time embraced 1770-1815. Sonata as comedy ; Revolution's momentum -- Time escaping 1815-1907. The deaf man and the singer ; Angels and other prodigies ; New Germans and old Vienna ; Romantic evenings ; Nightfall and sunrise -- Time tangled 1908-1975. To begin again ; Forwards and backwards, and sideways ; The people's needs ; To begin again again ; Whirlwind -- Time lost 1975-. Echoes in the labyrinth ; Interlude.

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