The Oxford History Of Western Music Music From The Earliest Notations To The Sixteenth Century

Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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Total Pages : 908 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford History of Western Music written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intends to illuminate, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective that challenges the wisdom of the field, the author sets the details of music--the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas-- within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history.

Author : Richard Taruskin
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Total Pages : 902 pages
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Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796041
Total Pages : 930 pages
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Download or read book Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks- the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music. This first volume in Richard Taruskin's majestic history, Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century , sweeps across centuries of musical innovation to shed light on the early forces that shaped the development of the Western classical tradition. Beginning with the invention of musical notation more than a thousand years ago, Taruskin addresses topics such as the legend of Saint Gregory and Gregorian chant, Augustine's and Boethius's thoughts on music, the liturgical dramas of Hildegard of Bingen, the growth of the music printing business, the literary revolution and the English madrigal, the influence of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, and the operas of Monteverdi. Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse period.

Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190600228
Total Pages : 874 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford History of Western Music written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes students beyond the "who, what, and when," exploring the "how and why" behind the story of Western MusicNow in its second edition, this text immerses students in the engaging story of the Western musical tradition. By emphasizing the connections among works, both within cultural eras and across time and place, the text goes beyond a basic retelling of the music's history to build students' ability tolisten critically to key works. The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition is a complete program for building students' understanding and appreciation of the classical canon.

Author : Richard Taruskin
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Total Pages : 1212 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford History of Western Music written by Richard Taruskin and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the award-winning six-volume work by Richard Taruskin, The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive history of Western music available. Distinctive features: Offers a unique focus on the people behind music history; places musical works within their larger cultural, social, and political contexts, providing a compelling narrative of music history; covers music of all eras along with a special emphasis on the most studied works of the past 200 years; improves critical thinking by offering differing perspectives on how the Western musical canon developed; builds listening and analysis skills through comprehensive discussion of key works; includes helpful learning and study tools (timelines, maps, musical examples and diagrams, chapter summaries, key terms, study questions, and a glossary) [Publisher description].

Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796017
Total Pages : 881 pages
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Download or read book Music in the Early Twentieth Century written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music. Music in the Early Twentieth Century , the fourth volume in Richard Taruskin's history, looks at the first half of the twentieth century, from the beginnings of Modernism in the last decade of the nineteenth century right up to the end of World War II. Taruskin discusses modernism in Germany and France as reflected in the work of Mahler, Strauss, Satie, and Debussy, the modern ballets of Stravinsky, the use of twelve-tone technique in the years following World War I, the music of Charles Ives, the influence of peasant songs on Bela Bartok, Stravinsky's neo-classical phase and the real beginnings of 20th-century music, the vision of America as seen in the works of such composers as W.C. Handy, George Gershwin, and Virgil Thomson, and the impact of totalitarianism on the works of a range of musicians from Toscanini to Shostakovich

Author : Richard Taruskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199796009
Total Pages : 610 pages
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Download or read book Music in the Late Twentieth Century written by Richard Taruskin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music. Music in the Late Twentieth Century is the final installment of the set, covering the years from the end of World War II to the present. In these pages, Taruskin illuminates the great compositions of recent times, offering insightful analyses of works by Aaron Copland, John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Benjamin Britten, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass, among many others. He also looks at the impact of electronic music and computers, the rise of pop music and rock 'n' roll, the advent of postmodernism, and the contemporary music of Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, and John Adams. Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse period.

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Author : Richard Taruskin
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ISBN 13 : 9780199842131
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Download or read book Oxford History of Western Music written by Richard Taruskin and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin. Now in paperback, the set has been reconstructed to be available for the first time as individual books, each one taking on a critical time period in the history of western music. All five books are also being offered in a shrink wrapped set for a discounted price. Each book in this magnificent set illuminates - through a representative sampling of masterworks - those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. The five titles cover Western music from its earliest days to the sixteenth century, the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the nineteenth century, the early twentieth century, and the late twentieth century. Taking a critical perspective, Taruskin sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. He combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. He also describes how the context of each stylistic period - key cultural, historical, social, economic, and scientific events - influenced and directed compositional choices. Moreover, the five books are filled with helpful illustrations that enhance the historical context of musical composition, as well as musical examples, black-and-white pictures throughout, suggestions for further reading, and indexes. Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, these books will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse tradition.

Author : Richard Taruskin
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