Five straight lines : a history of music / Andrew Gant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gant, Andrew, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Otto E. Albrecht Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

646 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Profile Books Ltd, 2021.

Contents:

Part 1 Music in the Ancient World (40,000 BCE-500 CE) p. 17

1 Bone Flutes and Magic, Far East and Middle Earth: Prehistory and the Music of the Ancient Civilisations p. 19

Part 2 The Medieval World (500-1400) p. 29

2 Love and Astronomy: Art and Science in the Medieval Age p. 37

3 The Sound of the Sacred p. 45

Part 3 Renaissance (1400-1600) p. 57

4 'To Rome for Everything ...': Music in the Catholic World p. 66

5 Reformation p. 85

Part 4 Baroque (1600-1759) p. 99

6 Vespers and Vivaldi: The Catholic South p. 112

7 Violins and Versailles: France p. 140

8 Purcell, Handel, Bach and the Bachs: Baroque Music in Protestant Northern Europe p. 157

Part 5 Classicism (1740-90) p. 175

9 'Bach is the Father, We are the Children': Enlightenment and the Birth of the Classical Age p. 197

10 'Let There be Light': Haydn, Mozart and Vienna p. 214

Part 6 The Romantic Century (1770-1914) p. 233

11 I, Genius: Weber, Beethoven, Schubert and Their World p. 250

12 1812: Overture p. 273

13 A Tradition Fulfilled: Symphony, Symphonists and Sonata p. 299

14 Elephants, Arias and the Gods at Twilight: Opera p. 330

Part 7 The Age of Anxiety (1888-1975) p. 405

15 A Tradition Renewed: Mahler and Sibelius p. 416

16 The Challenge of Modernism: Schoenberg, Stravinsky and How to Avoid Them p. 426

17 America and the Jazz Era p. 480

18 Ways Ahead: Britten, Messiaen, Copland, Shostakovich and Their World p. 498

Part 8 Stockhausen and Sgt. Pepper (1945-2000) p. 513

19 Moderner Than Thou: Darmstadt, Electronic and Experimental Music, and the Legacy of Schoenberg p. 522

20 Industry and Artistry: Pop Music p. 541

Part 9 The Way We Live Now (2000-00) p. 553

21 World Music, Girl Power and White Men in White Ties p. 555.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Otto E. Albrecht Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781781257777

1781257779

OCLC:

1202060497

Publisher Number:

99990534190