Early music (up to c 1000 CE) books

143 books were found.

Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance

Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance
Author: Richard Taruskin (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of California, Berkeley) ISBN: 9780195094589 Format: Paperback	$70.95
Text and Act, a collection of essays and reviews published over the last dozen years, offers an evaluation of the... Read More >>

The Ragas of Early Indian Music: Modes, Melodies, and Musical Notations from the Gupta Period to c. 1250

The Ragas of Early Indian Music: Modes, Melodies, and...
Author: Richard Widdess (Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology with reference to South Asia, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology with reference to South Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies, London) ISBN: 9780193154643 Format: Hardback	$226.95
The concept of raga forms the basis of melodic composition and improvization in Indian classical music. This book... Read More >>

Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant

Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology...
Author: Peter Jeffery ISBN: 9780226395807 Format: Paperback	$49.95
From the 6th to the 10th century, Gregorian chants existed only in song as medieval musicians relied on their memories... Read More >>

The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles

The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and...
Author: Laszlo Somfai , Laszlo Somfai ISBN: 9780226768144 Format: Hardback	$163.95
Presents a study of Haydn's keyboard sonatas. This title deals with Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development.... Read More >>

Editing Early Music

Editing Early Music
Author: John Caldwell (Reader in Music, Reader in Music, University of Oxford) ISBN: 9780198165446 Format: Paperback	$81.95
Editing Early Music is designed as a guide to editorial procedures suitable for music written from the Middle Ages... Read More >>

Western Plainchant: A Handbook

Western Plainchant: A Handbook
Author: David Hiley (Professor, Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Professor, Institut für Musikwissenschaft, University of Regensburg) ISBN: 9780198165729 Format: Paperback	$286.95
A survey of all aspects of plainchant, including the liturgy, musical forms and styles, types of chant books, notation... Read More >>

The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages

The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages
Author: Ann W. Astell ISBN: 9780801482670 Format: Paperback	$65.87
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Women Composers: Music by Women through the Ages: Composers Born between 1600 and 1699

Women Composers: Music by Women through the Ages: Composers...
Author: Martha Furman Schleifer (Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA) , Sylvia Glickman (Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, USA) ISBN: 9780816105632 Format: Hardback	$488.40
This is part of an historical overview of music created by women from the 9th to the 20th century. This volume,... Read More >>

Anglo-Norman Studies XVI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1993

Anglo-Norman Studies XVI: Proceedings of the Battle...
Author: Marjorie Chibnall , B.R. Kemp ISBN: 9780851153667 Format: Hardback	$245.81
Papers in Anglo-Norman history including new research on music, the Bayeux Tapestry and Domesday studies. Read More >>

A History of Arabian Music to the XIIIth Century

A History of Arabian Music to the XIIIth Century
Author: Henry George Farmer ISBN: 9781898942016 Format: Hardback	$92.40
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Ancient Greek Music

Ancient Greek Music
Author: M. L. West ISBN: 9780198149750 Format: Paperback	$142.95
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A Selection of Early Music: From the Repertoire of the Society for Old Music

A Selection of Early Music: From the Repertoire of the...
Author: Audrey Ekdahl Davidson , Matthew Steel ISBN: 9781879288409 Format: Paperback	$52.67
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The Dimension of Music in Islamic and Jewish Culture

The Dimension of Music in Islamic and Jewish Culture...
Author: Amnon Shiloah ISBN: 9780860783527 Format: Hardback	$54.99
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Western Plainchant

Western Plainchant
Author: David Hiley ISBN: 9780198162896 Format: Hardback	$275.00
A fully illustrated and self-contained survey of all aspects of plainchant, including the liturgy, musical forms... Read More >>

The Polyphony of Saint Martial and Santiago de Compostela

The Polyphony of Saint Martial and Santiago de Compostela...
Author: Theodore Karp ISBN: 9780520047440 Format: Hardback	$435.60
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The Early Flute

The Early Flute
Author: John Solum ISBN: 9780198162537 Format: Hardback	$90.00
Focusing on the flutes used in the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras, this work details the history of the... Read More >>

Music and Musical Thought in Early India

Music and Musical Thought in Early India
Author: Lewis Rowell ISBN: 9780226730325 Format: Hardback	$277.20
Offering a broad perspective of the philosophy, theory, and aesthetics of early Indian music and musical ideology,... Read More >>

Ancient Greek Music

Ancient Greek Music
Author: M. L. West ISBN: 9780198148975 Format: Hardback	$150.00
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Play the Viol: The Complete Guide to Playing the Treble, Tenor, and Bass Viol

Play the Viol: The Complete Guide to Playing the Treble,...
Author: Alison Crum (, Professional viol player and teacher) , Sonia Jackson (Lecturer, Lecturer, University of Bristol) ISBN: 9780198163114 Format: Paperback	$271.95
A comprehensive guide to playing technique which provides for the specific requirements of the adult beginner. The... Read More >>

Antiquity and the Middle Ages: From Ancient Greece to the 15th century

Antiquity and the Middle Ages: From Ancient Greece to...
Author: James McKinnon , Jim McKinnon ISBN: 9780333530047 Format: Paperback	$100.29
Antiquity and the Middle Ages deals with the beginning of the Western Musical tradition. It discusses the music... Read More >>

The Early Mandolin: The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline

The Early Mandolin: The Mandolino and the Neapolitan...
Author: James Tyler (Professor of Music and Director of Early Music Performance Program, Professor of Music and Director of Early Music Performance Program, University of Southern California) , Paul Sparks (Mandolin player, Mandolin player) ISBN: 9780198163022 Format: Paperback	$85.95
This is the first book to illustrate the musical history of the two main types of early mandolin - the mandolino... Read More >>

The Art of the Trumpet-maker

The Art of the Trumpet-maker
Author: Robert Barclay ISBN: 9780198162230 Format: Hardback	$77.70
A study of the manufacture of brass instruments, particularly the trumpet, in Nuremberg during the 17th and 18th... Read More >>

The Oxford History of English Music: Volume 1: From the Beginnings to c.1715

The Oxford History of English Music: Volume 1: From...
Author: John Caldwell (Senior Lecturer in Music, Oxford University, and Tutor in Music, Senior Lecturer in Music, Oxford University, and Tutor in Music, Keble College) ISBN: 9780198161295 Format: Hardback	$382.95
This is the first volume of a magisterial survey of English music that charts its development from its beginnings... Read More >>

Music in Greek and Roman Culture

Music in Greek and Roman Culture
Author: Giovanni Comotti , Rosaria V. Munson ISBN: 9780801842313 Format: Paperback	$71.99
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Composers of the Low Countries

Composers of the Low Countries
Author: Willem Elders , G. Dixon ISBN: 9780198161479 Format: Hardback	$120.00
The 15th and 16th centuries represented a golden age for the musical and cultural unification of The Netherlands,... Read More >>

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