| Description |
1 online resource (1092 pages) |
| Series |
The Oxford history of Western music ; volume 3 |
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Oxford history of Western music ; volume 3
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| Contents |
Cover page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Real worlds, and better ones -- Chapter 2 The music trance -- Chapter 3 Volkstümlichkeit -- Chapter 4 Nations, states, and peoples -- Chapter 5 Virtuosos -- Chapter 6 Critics -- Chapter 7 Self and other -- Chapter 8 Midcentury -- Chapter 9 Slavs as subjects and citizens -- Chapter 10 Deeds of music made visible (Class of 1813,I) -- Chapter 11 Artist, politician, farmer (Class of 1813,II) -- Chapter 12 Cutting things down to size -- Chapter 13 The return of the symphony -- Chapter 14 The symphony goes (inter)national -- Notes -- Art credits -- Further reading -- Index |
| Summary |
The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music. Now in paperback, each of the volumes is being sold separate for the first time. In Music in the Nineteenth Century, Richard Taruskin offers a panoramic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 855-867) and index |
| Notes |
Electronic resource |
| Subject |
Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Music
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199795956 |
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0199795959 |
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9780195384833 |
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0195384830 |
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