A history of musical thought

The Resource A history of musical thought
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A history of musical thought
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by Donald N. Ferguson
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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
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DLC
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  • illustrations
  • music
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography

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