[PDF] Music In Western Civilization eBook

Author : Paul Henry Lang
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 44,48 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393040746

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A comprehensive history of occidental music focuses on the function of music as an expression of the spirit and artistic life of each age.

Author : Craig Wright
Publisher : Schirmer Books
Page : 871 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780495572732

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"Music in Western Civilization, Media Update combines superior scholarship with pedagogy that helps students master the difficult and exhaustive material covered in the music history course. Its lively narrative discusses the 'place' of music history. Short chapters make material easier for students to study and enable instructors to pick and choose the repertoire they wish to emphasize"--Publisher's website.

Author : Stuart Isacoff
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2003-02-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0375703306

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Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics and science. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filled with original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits of some of the greatest geniuses of all time, Temperament is that rare book that will delight the novice and expert alike.

Author : Craig M. Wright
Publisher : Schirmer Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780495008675

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Understand music in context with MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, VOLUME A: ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE RENAISSANCE! Clear and easy-to-understand, this music text provides you with the tools you need to succeed in this course. With a focus on the history of music in the wider context of Western civilization, you will see how study of music history is important to the practice and performance of music today. Numerous full-color photographs, maps, and timelines give you a sense of the place of music within the arts and humanities in the West. Class preparation is made easy with the book-specific website that contains features such as additional musical selections, a music glossary, unit resources, and more.

Author : Craig Wright
Publisher : Schirmer Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2009-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780495801863

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Prepared by Timothy Roden of Ohio Wesleyan University, the workbook helps students maximize their study time with a set of analytical questions for each musical selection in the CD set and Anthologies as well as Sterling Murray's guide to researching and writing about music.