A concise history of music / by William Lovelock ; with drawings by Edgar Holloway.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bell, 1964Description: 240 pages : illustrations, music ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.9
LOC classification:
  • ML160 .L8 1964
Contents:
On the study of musical history -- The beginnings of Western European music -- The early development of counterpoint -- Early secular music -- The 'new art' and its development -- Vocal music in the sixteenth century -- The rise of instrumental music -- Vocal music in the seventeenth century -- Instrumental music in the seventeenth century -- The age of Bach and Handel -- The rise of classicism -- Developments in opera -- Beethoven -- The romantics and their music -- Romantic opera -- Late romantics and nationalism -- Impressionism and the contemporary scene -- Index.
Summary: Lovelock's concise history of western music presents the progression of composition from the earliest counterpoint to Impressionism and the contemporary scene. First published in 1953, Lovelock's text is a vital source of definitions and historical detail as he charts the changes in style and structure in response to the technical and mechanical development of the orchestral instruments. The guide also provides a fascinating look at the attitudes towards the development of the western musical canon as they stood in the 1950s. The text is punctuated with a wealth of detailed diagrams and plenty of musical examples, from Monteverdi to Stockhausen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes discographies and index.

On the study of musical history -- The beginnings of Western European music -- The early development of counterpoint -- Early secular music -- The 'new art' and its development -- Vocal music in the sixteenth century -- The rise of instrumental music -- Vocal music in the seventeenth century -- Instrumental music in the seventeenth century -- The age of Bach and Handel -- The rise of classicism -- Developments in opera -- Beethoven -- The romantics and their music -- Romantic opera -- Late romantics and nationalism -- Impressionism and the contemporary scene -- Index.

Lovelock's concise history of western music presents the progression of composition from the earliest counterpoint to Impressionism and the contemporary scene. First published in 1953, Lovelock's text is a vital source of definitions and historical detail as he charts the changes in style and structure in response to the technical and mechanical development of the orchestral instruments. The guide also provides a fascinating look at the attitudes towards the development of the western musical canon as they stood in the 1950s. The text is punctuated with a wealth of detailed diagrams and plenty of musical examples, from Monteverdi to Stockhausen.

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