A concise history of western music / Paul Griffiths.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

ix, 348 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Contents:

0 Prehistory 1

Part I Time whole 5

1 From Babylonians to Franks 8

Part II Time measured 1100-1400 19

2 Troubadours and organists 22

3 Ars nova and Narcissus's clock 32

Part III Time sensed 1400-1630 43

4 Harmony, the light of time 47

5 The radiance of the High Renaissance 57

6 Reformation and heartache 68

7 To speak in music 81

Part IV Time known 1630-1770 95

8 Baroque mornings 98

9 Fugue, concerto and operatic passion 111

10 Rococo and reform 123

Part V Time embraced 1770-1815 135

11 Sonata as comedy 138

12 Revolution's momentum 150

Part VI Time escaping 1815-1907 163

13 The deaf man and the singer 166

14 Angels and other prodigies 177

15 New Germans and old Vienna 190

16 Romantic evenings 202

17 Nightfall and sunrise 215

Part VII Time tangled 1908-1975 227

18 To begin again 231

19 Forwards and backwards, and sideways 244

20 The people's needs 258

21 To begin again again 270

22 Whirlwind 286

Part VIII Time lost 1975- 299

23 Echoes in the labyrinth 303

24 Interlude 314.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521842948

OCLC:

62090815

Publisher Number:

9780521842945 (hardback)

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