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Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Cambridge History of American Music, first published in 1998, celebrates the richness of America's musical life. It was the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. American music is an intricate tapestry of many cultures, and the History reveals this wide array of influences from Native, European, African, Asian, and other sources. The History begins with a survey of the music of Native Americans and then...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 772 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. It avoids mere repertory surveys, focusing instead on issues which illuminate the subject in novel and interesting ways. The book is divided into two parts (1800-1850 and 1850-1900), each of which approaches the major repertory of the period by way of essays investigating the intellectual and socio-political history of the time. The music...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiii, 998 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. Recognizing the variety and complexity of music theory as an historical subject, the volume has been organized within a flexible...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xviii, 818 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music, first published in 2004, is an appraisal of the development of music in the twentieth century from the vantage-point of the twenty-first. This wide-ranging and eclectic book traces the progressive fragmentation of the European 'art' tradition, and its relocation as one tradition among many at the century's end. While the focus is on Western traditions, both 'art' and popular, these are situated within...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvii, 591 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music seeks to provide the most up-to-date knowledge on seventeenth-century music together with a vital questioning of the way in which such a history can be told or put together for our present purposes. Written by a distinguished team of experts in the field, the chapters not only address traditional areas of knowledge such as opera and church music, but also look at the way this extremely diverse and...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 798 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
The eighteenth century arguably boasts a more remarkable group of significant musical figures, and a more engaging combination of genres, styles and aesthetic orientations, than any century before or since, yet huge swathes of its musical activity remain under-appreciated. The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music provides a comprehensive survey, examining little-known repertories, works and musical trends alongside more familiar ones. Rather...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 906 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
The intricacies and challenges of musical performance have recently attracted the attention of writers and scholars to a greater extent than ever before. Research into the performer's experience has begun to explore such areas as practice techniques, performance anxiety and memorisation, as well as many other professional issues. Historical performance practice has been the subject of lively debate way beyond academic circles, mirroring its high profile...
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 851 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language
English
Description
Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and nations throughout world history. The chapters in this History take readers to foundational historical moments - in Europe, Oceania, China, India, the Muslim world, North and South America - in search of the connections provided by a truly world music. Historically, world music emerged from...
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