Early music (up to c 1000 CE) books

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A unique capacity of measured polyphony is to give precisely fixed places not only to musical notes, but also to...  Read More >>

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices...  Read More >>

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the compilation of the different practices of Eastern Orthodox Chant, looking at the subject...  Read More >>

Ed Le Brocq invites you to come on a journey with him through a living tradition that spans a millennium - the tradition...  Read More >>

Scholars explore from many fresh angles the interweavings of two of the richest strands of human culture - music...  Read More >>

Modernism is key to Western art music yet remains poorly understood. This book offers new perspectives on transformations...  Read More >>

Demonstrates that music was fundamental to Roman political culture and social relations, shaping debates about class,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive exploration of B.B. King's journey from sharecropper to musical icon!  Read More >>

Mensuration and Proportion Signs represents the first attempt to see the origin of musical mensuration and proportion...  Read More >>

The main function of western musical notation is incidental: it prescribes and records sound. But during the fourteenth...  Read More >>

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This collection of eleven essays provides the reader with some valuable insights into the richness of sources dealing...  Read More >>

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Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces...  Read More >>

Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces...  Read More >>

"This anthology to accompany Gateways to Understanding Music is comprised of musical ""texts."" These broadly-defined...  Read More >>

"This anthology to accompany Gateways to Understanding Music is comprised of musical ""texts."" These broadly-defined...  Read More >>

Icons of Sound: Voice, Architecture and Imagination in Medieval Art brings together art history and sound studies...  Read More >>

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between...  Read More >>

Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in...  Read More >>

The Tropologion is considered the earliest known extant chant book from the early Christian world which was in use...  Read More >>

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Discover the music and culture of West Africa in this beautifully illustrated account of an artist's adventures...  Read More >>