Classical music and its origins
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Classical music and its origins
（Heritage of music / edited by Michael Raeburn and Alan Kendall, v. 1）
Oxford University Press, 1989
Available at 42 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume is one of four on the history of western music, concentrating on classical music and its origins.
Table of Contents
- Introduction. Interlude - the basis of western harmony
- medieval music, Albert Seay and Denis Stevens
- interlude - music at the court of Emperor Maximilian
- the Renaissance, Alex Harman
- Monteverdi, opera and oratorio, John Whenham
- Baroque music in Germany before Bach, Frederick Hudson
- Baroque music in Italy, Arthur Hutchings and Eric Cross
- interlude - Baroque stage machinery
- the Baroque in France, Roger Blanchard and Wilfrid Mellers
- interlude - Purcell and the court masque
- J.S. Bach - life and works, Basil Lam
- interlude - the Baroque organ
- G.F. Handel - life and works, Anthony Ford
- the classical style, David Wyn Jones
- interlude - the orchestra in the eighteenth century
- C.W. Gluck and the new opera, Julian Rushton
- interlude - the keyboard concerto
- W.A. Mozart - life and works, Julian Rushton
- Joseph Haydn - life and works, Peter Brown. A-Z of composers, Malcolm Boyd and Brian Richardson. Credits and index.
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