Essays on music in the Western World
Strunk, W. Oliver(William Oliver),1901-1980.
New York W. W. Norton
[1974]
"The majority of the essays in this volume were written between the late 1920s ... and 1950."
Includes bibliographical references
Erich Hertzmann (December 14, 1902-March 3, 1963)--The historical aspect of musicology.--Sources and problems for graduate study in musicology.--Vergil in music.--On the date of Marchetto da Padova.--Church polyphony apropos of a new fragment at Grottaferrata.--The music of the Old Hall manuscript; a postscript.--The Ordinarium missae in settings by Dufay and Power.--Origins of the "L'homme armé" mass.--Relative sonority as a factor in style-critical analysis.--A Cypriot in Venice.--Guglielmo Gonzaga and Palestrina's Missa dominicalis.--Some motet-types of the sixteenth century.--Haydn.--Haydn's divertimenti for baryton, viola, and bass (after manuscripts in the Library of Congress)--Notes on a Haydn autograph.--Early music publishing in the United States.--Verdiana in the Library of Congress
Music.