The Resource A history of musical thought, by Donald N. Ferguson
A history of musical thought, by Donald N. Ferguson
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- Summary
- This complete and authoritative book is a comprehensive history of music in our Western culture, from the very earliest days to the present day. It covers, in rich detail and with searching interpretation, every phase of musical development - the purpose of Greek music, its conventions, its development of scales and a keynote feeling; melody and rhythm in early Christian music and its developments up to the present day. Here is the history of the beginnings of opera; the development of musical instruments and their use; the influence of Bach, Handel, and Gluck; the evolution and perfection of the sonata through Mozart and his forerunners; and the vast flowering, through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, of the music that moves us today. Stress is placed on the art as a whole - but the great personalities of musical history and their contributions are by no means neglected. Modernism in music, which in the previous edition was treated in one chapter, has been expanded and separated into two survey chapters which are comprehensive and, at the same time, compact. The first of these chapters, entitled "The Twentieth Century on the Continent," presents new material on the outstanding contemporary musical movements and personalities of continental Europe. The second, "The Music of England and the United States" discusses the vigorous renascence of music in twentieth century England, and contains a full description of the origins, development, and influence of jazz, the influence of German and French composers who have come to this country, and information on the works of some fifty American composers
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Extent
- xii, 675 pages
- Contents
-
- The evolution of our modern instruments
- The beginnings of instrumental music to 1600
- Retrospects and prospects
- The seventeenth century the monodic revolution
- The beginnings of opera in France, Germany, and England
- The forms of instrumental music at the opening of the eighteenth century
- The forms of vocal music at the opening of the eighteenth century
- Bach and Handel
- Gluck's reform of the opera
- The evolution of the modern sonata
- The problems
- The perfecting of the sonata form Haydn and Mozart
- The sonata and the revolution Beethoven
- The evolution of the modern sonata
- The perfecting of the sonata form Hayn and Mozart
- The sonata and the revolution Beethoven
- The flowering of Romanticism the song and its first great master, Schubert
- The Romantic idealists Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin
- The Romantic realists Berlioz and Liszt
- The opera from Gluck to Wagner
- The Wagnerian music drama
- The first scales and the beginnings of keynote feeling
- Anti-Wagnerian tendencies Johannes Brahms and Giuseppe Verdi
- The rise of Nationalism
- The transition to the twentieth century
- The twentieth century on the European continent
- The music of England and the United States
- Melody and rhythm in Greek and early Christian music
- Modal organization and theory
- The beginnings of harmony
- Discant, or measured music
- The fourteenth century
- Sacred and secular song in the sixteenth century
- Label
- A history of musical thought
- Title
- A history of musical thought
- Statement of responsibility
- by Donald N. Ferguson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This complete and authoritative book is a comprehensive history of music in our Western culture, from the very earliest days to the present day. It covers, in rich detail and with searching interpretation, every phase of musical development - the purpose of Greek music, its conventions, its development of scales and a keynote feeling; melody and rhythm in early Christian music and its developments up to the present day. Here is the history of the beginnings of opera; the development of musical instruments and their use; the influence of Bach, Handel, and Gluck; the evolution and perfection of the sonata through Mozart and his forerunners; and the vast flowering, through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, of the music that moves us today. Stress is placed on the art as a whole - but the great personalities of musical history and their contributions are by no means neglected. Modernism in music, which in the previous edition was treated in one chapter, has been expanded and separated into two survey chapters which are comprehensive and, at the same time, compact. The first of these chapters, entitled "The Twentieth Century on the Continent," presents new material on the outstanding contemporary musical movements and personalities of continental Europe. The second, "The Music of England and the United States" discusses the vigorous renascence of music in twentieth century England, and contains a full description of the origins, development, and influence of jazz, the influence of German and French composers who have come to this country, and information on the works of some fifty American composers
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1882-1985
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ferguson, Donald N.
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- music
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Music
- Music theory
- Music appreciation
- Music appreciation
- Music
- Music theory
- Label
- A history of musical thought, by Donald N. Ferguson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-657) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The evolution of our modern instruments
- The beginnings of instrumental music to 1600
- Retrospects and prospects
- The seventeenth century the monodic revolution
- The beginnings of opera in France, Germany, and England
- The forms of instrumental music at the opening of the eighteenth century
- The forms of vocal music at the opening of the eighteenth century
- Bach and Handel
- Gluck's reform of the opera
- The evolution of the modern sonata
- The problems
- The perfecting of the sonata form Haydn and Mozart
- The sonata and the revolution Beethoven
- The evolution of the modern sonata
- The perfecting of the sonata form Hayn and Mozart
- The sonata and the revolution Beethoven
- The flowering of Romanticism the song and its first great master, Schubert
- The Romantic idealists Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin
- The Romantic realists Berlioz and Liszt
- The opera from Gluck to Wagner
- The Wagnerian music drama
- The first scales and the beginnings of keynote feeling
- Anti-Wagnerian tendencies Johannes Brahms and Giuseppe Verdi
- The rise of Nationalism
- The transition to the twentieth century
- The twentieth century on the European continent
- The music of England and the United States
- Melody and rhythm in Greek and early Christian music
- Modal organization and theory
- The beginnings of harmony
- Discant, or measured music
- The fourteenth century
- Sacred and secular song in the sixteenth century
- Control code
- 599409
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Extent
- xii, 675 pages
- Lccn
- 59013951
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, music
- System control number
- (OCoLC)599409
- Label
- A history of musical thought, by Donald N. Ferguson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-657) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The evolution of our modern instruments
- The beginnings of instrumental music to 1600
- Retrospects and prospects
- The seventeenth century the monodic revolution
- The beginnings of opera in France, Germany, and England
- The forms of instrumental music at the opening of the eighteenth century
- The forms of vocal music at the opening of the eighteenth century
- Bach and Handel
- Gluck's reform of the opera
- The evolution of the modern sonata
- The problems
- The perfecting of the sonata form Haydn and Mozart
- The sonata and the revolution Beethoven
- The evolution of the modern sonata
- The perfecting of the sonata form Hayn and Mozart
- The sonata and the revolution Beethoven
- The flowering of Romanticism the song and its first great master, Schubert
- The Romantic idealists Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin
- The Romantic realists Berlioz and Liszt
- The opera from Gluck to Wagner
- The Wagnerian music drama
- The first scales and the beginnings of keynote feeling
- Anti-Wagnerian tendencies Johannes Brahms and Giuseppe Verdi
- The rise of Nationalism
- The transition to the twentieth century
- The twentieth century on the European continent
- The music of England and the United States
- Melody and rhythm in Greek and early Christian music
- Modal organization and theory
- The beginnings of harmony
- Discant, or measured music
- The fourteenth century
- Sacred and secular song in the sixteenth century
- Control code
- 599409
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Extent
- xii, 675 pages
- Lccn
- 59013951
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, music
- System control number
- (OCoLC)599409
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