| Description |
383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music, facsimile ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Music in the ancient world -- The Middle Ages -- The rise of polyphony and the Renaissance -- The Late Renaissance -- The seventeenth century -- The Late Baroque -- Rococo and Classicism -- Beethoven -- German Romanticism -- French Romanticism -- French and Italian opera in the nineteenth century -- Late Romanticism and nationalism -- The Romantic twilight and the early twentieth century -- The English Renaissance and Northern Europe -- Tradition and innovation in the twentieth century -- European music in the present day -- Music in America. |
| Subject |
Music -- History and criticism.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Headington, Christopher. History of western music. New York : Schirmer Books, c1976 (OCoLC)639850766 |
| ISBN |
$10.95 |
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