Paul Griffiths

A Concise History of Western Music

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Produktbeschreibung

Paul Griffiths shows how music has changed through the centuries, and suggests how that change mirrors development in the human notion of time, from the eternity of heaven to the computer's microsecond. An essential read for students, teachers and classical music lovers alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780521133661
• ISBN-10: 0521133661
• Artikelnr.: 26885087

Autorenporträt

Paul Griffiths has written extensively on twentieth-century music, particularly on new music and the avant garde, and is one of the most influential music critics of his generation.

Inhaltsangabe

Prehistory
Part I. Time Whole: 1. From Babylonians to Franks
Part II. Time Measured 1100-1400: 2. Troubadours and organists
3. Ars nove and Narcissus's clock
Part III. Time Sensed 1400-1630: 4. Harmony, the light of time
5. The radiance of the High Renaissance
6. Reformation and heartache
7. To speak in music
Part IV. Time Known 1630-1770: 8. Baroque mornings
9. Fugue, concerto and operatic passion
10. Rococo and reform
Part V. Time Embraced 1770-1815: 11. Sonata as comedy
12. Revolution's momentum
Part VI. Time Escaping 1815-1907: 13. The deaf man and the singer
14. Angels and other prodigies
15. New Germans and old Vienna
16. Romantic evenings
17. Nightfall and sunrise
Part VII. Time Tangled 1908-75: 18. To begin again
19. Forwards and backwards, and sideways
20. The people's needs
21. To begin again again
22. Whirlwind
Part VIII. Time Lost 1975-: 23. Echoes in the labyrinth
24. Interlude
Glossary
Further reading and listening.