| Description |
x, 337 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Man & music |
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Man & music.
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| Contents |
Early Western civilisation / James McKinnon -- Public music as 'fine art' in archaic Greece / Andrew Barker -- Christian antiquity ; The emergence of Gregorian chant in the Carolingian era / James McKinnon -- Plainchant transfigured: innovation and reformation through the ages / David Hiley -- The polyphonic music of the medieval monastery, cathedral and university / Marion S. Gushee -- Medieval England, 950-1450 / Peter M. Lefferts -- Court and city in France, 1100-1300 / Christopher Page -- Ars antiqua, Ars nova, Ars subtilior / Daniel Leech-Wilkinson -- Trecento Italy / Michael Long -- The close of the middle ages / Reinhard Strohm |
| Analysis |
Music - History and criticism |
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Music History |
| Notes |
Based on the Channel 4 TV series first broadcast in 1986 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Music -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 15th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 15th century.
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Music -- 500-1400.
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Music -- To 500 -- History and criticism.
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Music -- To 500.
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Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
McKinnon, James W., 1932-1999.
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| ISBN |
0333510402 |
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0333530047 |
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