| Description |
4 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
v. 1. Classical music and its origins -- v. 2. The Romantic era -- v. 3. The nineteenth-century legacy --v. 4. Music in the twentieth century |
| Summary |
V.1 -- The history of music, from its beginnings, through the lives and works of J.S. Bach and George Frideric Handel, and the nature and import of the Classical style as embodied in the works of Gluck, Mozart, and Haydn. V.2 -- Chronicles 19th-century Romanticism and the lives and works of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Puccini and others. V.3 -- Focuses on the second half of the 19th century, looking at the lives and works of composers such as Franz Liszt, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky. V.4 -- Examines the changes in music which have taken place in the 20th century, especially the revolutions caused by Debussy and Schoenberg |
| Analysis |
Western music, history |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Also issued online |
| In |
OKS Print |
| Subject |
Composers -- History and criticism.
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Music -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Kendall, Alan, 1939-
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Raeburn, Michael.
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| LC no. |
85021429 |
| ISBN |
0195053702 (v. 1) |
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0195053710 (v. 2) |
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0195053729 (v. 3) |
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0195053737 (v. 4) |
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019520493X (set) |
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