Overview
This is a completely revised edition of the second volume of the New Oxford History of Music. In the last three decades there has been intense interest in the music of the Middle Ages and great advances in research have been made in facts as well as interpretation. Drawing on the work of leading British and American scholars, this volume presents an informed, up-to-date picture of a broad spectrum of music from the fourth century AD to 1300. Beginning with Christian chant in the Mediterranean, it continues through Latin (`Gregorian') chant, liturgical drama, medieval song, instrumental music, and early polyphony down to the monumental organa composed at the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the twelfth century. Over 200 musical examples help to illustrate the discussion of 1,000 years of rich and complex musical development. Contributors: John Stevens, Milo's Velimirovi'c, Kenneth Levy, Richard Crocker, Susan Rankin, Christopher Page, Sarah Fuller, and Janet Knapp.
Full Product Details
Author: Richard Crocker (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of California at Berkeley) ,
David Hiley (Professor, Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Professor, Institut für Musikwissenschaft, University of Regensburg)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Volume: II
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 26.20cm
Weight: 1.439kg
ISBN: 9780193163294
ISBN 10: 0193163292
Pages: 824
Publication Date: 29 March 1990
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The clearly headlined sections ... facilitate use for quick reference ... The balance between describing historical development and understanding the music is well kept. Early Music News the Oxford History volumes are among the most heavily used of all books on music ... they have held their place as the first point of reference Early Music
The clearly headlined sections ... facilitate use for quick reference ... The balance between describing historical development and understanding the music is well kept. Early Music News the Oxford History volumes are among the most heavily used of all books on music ... they have held their place as the first point of reference Early Music
`a very useful contribution in the depth of the discussions. The scholarship is serious and thoughtful' Speculum `The clearly headlined sections, ... facilitate use for quick reference ... The balance between describing historical development and understanding the music is well kept.' Early Music News 'the Oxford History volumes are among the most heavily used of all books on music ... they have held their place as the first point of reference' Early Music 'It is pleasant to be able to recommend so weighty a tome, not only to specialists and students of music, but also to mediaevalists more generally, and indeed to anyone to whom the technical study of the subject is not a priori a closed book.' Medium Aenum 1991
`a very useful contribution in the depth of the discussions. The scholarship is serious and thoughtful' Speculum `The clearly headlined sections, ... facilitate use for quick reference ... The balance between describing historical development and understanding the music is well kept.' Early Music News 'the Oxford History volumes are among the most heavily used of all books on music ... they have held their place as the first point of reference' Early Music 'It is pleasant to be able to recommend so weighty a tome, not only to specialists and students of music, but also to mediaevalists more generally, and indeed to anyone to whom the technical study of the subject is not a priori a closed book.' Medium Aenum 1991
