Oxford History of Western Music: 5-Vol. Set (Other) (ISBN-13: 9780195386301)

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 c

Author: Richard Taruskin
ISBN-10: 0195386302
ISBN-13: 9780195386301
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2009
Format: Other
Weight: 17.05lbs
Size: 15.10h x 10.40w x 8.00d

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