Source readings in music history from classical antiquity through the romantic era.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Norton [1950]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: xxi, 919 p. illus., music. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.9
LOC classification:
  • ML160 .S89
Contents:
I. The Greek view of music. -- II. The early Christian view of music. -- III. Music as a liberal art. -- IV. Musical theory in the Middle Ages. -- V. Musical theorists of the Renaissance. -- VI. Music in Renaissance life and thought. -- VII. Reformation and Counter-Reformation. -- VIII. "Seconda Pratica" and "Stile Rappresentativo". -- IX. Musical practice in the Baroque age. -- X. Operatic rivalry in France : Pro and contra Lully. -- XI. Critical views of Italian opera : Addison and Marcello. -- XII. The reformulation of the theory of harmony and counterpoint. -- XIII. The transition to the musical practice of the Classical Period. -- XIV. Operatic rivalry in France : the "Querelle des Bouffons". -- XV. Critical views of Italian opera : Algarotti and Gluck. -- XVI. The European scene. -- XVII. Literary forerunners of musical romanticism. -- XVIII. Composer-critics of the Nineteenth Century.
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I. The Greek view of music. -- II. The early Christian view of music. -- III. Music as a liberal art. -- IV. Musical theory in the Middle Ages. -- V. Musical theorists of the Renaissance. -- VI. Music in Renaissance life and thought. -- VII. Reformation and Counter-Reformation. -- VIII. "Seconda Pratica" and "Stile Rappresentativo". -- IX. Musical practice in the Baroque age. -- X. Operatic rivalry in France : Pro and contra Lully. -- XI. Critical views of Italian opera : Addison and Marcello. -- XII. The reformulation of the theory of harmony and counterpoint. -- XIII. The transition to the musical practice of the Classical Period. -- XIV. Operatic rivalry in France : the "Querelle des Bouffons". -- XV. Critical views of Italian opera : Algarotti and Gluck. -- XVI. The European scene. -- XVII. Literary forerunners of musical romanticism. -- XVIII. Composer-critics of the Nineteenth Century.