Title: The heritage of musical style
Authors: Van Ess, Donald H.
Date: 1970
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Physical description: ix, 404 p. illus. (part col.), facsims. music, ports. 26 cm. and phonodisc ((1) slipcases (2)s. 12 in. 33 1/3 rpm. microgroove. stereophonic)
Language: English
LC classification: M
Contents: pt. 1. Meaning in music -- Preliminary considerations: the elements in music -- Meaning in tonal relationships -- The perception of musical styles in historical periods -- pt. 2. The Greco-Roman era -- A preliminary overview of music history -- Eastern musical culture and influence -- Greece: artisitic background -- Music in Greek life -- Philospophy of music -- The outlines of music theory -- Roman contributions -- pt. 3. The Romanesque period (250-1150) -- The cultural cornerstones of the medieval period -- The rise of music in the Christian ritual -- Musical theory and philosophy -- Organum -- Liturgical musical centers: St. Martial and Notre Dame -- Early medieval secular music -- Medieval instruments to 1200 -- pt. 4. The Gothic era (1150-1400) -- Gothic life and ideas -- Gothic artistic ideals -- Music of the Thirteenth century: ars antiqua -- Music of the Fourteenth century: ars nova -- Instrumental music of the late Middle Ages -- The renaissance (1400-1600) --^ Background -- Music in the early Renaissance (1400-1450) -- Music in the high Renaissance (1450-1600) -- The rise of regional dialects (schools) -- pt. 6. The Baroque period (1600-1750) -- Background: the Baroque spirit -- Early Baroque music (1600-1685) -- Music of the Late Baroque (1685-1750) -- The culmination of the Baroque: Bach and Handel -- pt. 7. The classical era (1750-1800) -- The social and intellectual climate -- The preclassical era: the emergence of classicism from the Rococo -- The classical temper in the arts -- Haydn and the development of the classical symphony -- Mozart: epitome of classicism -- Beethoven: early compositions -- The Romantic age (1800-1900) -- The setting: a new sensibility (1800-1850) -- The heroic phase: Beethoven -- From the heroic to the poetic ideal -- Mid-century romantics -- The climax of the Romantic movement (1850-1900) -- pt. 9. Impressionism (1880-1918) -- Artistic trends, late Nineteenth century --^ The nature of impressionism: characteristics of music and art -- Claude Debussy -- Other musical impressionists: Ravel -- The Twentieth century -- The shaping forces of Twentieth century styles -- The turning point from Romantic to modern -- The mainstreams of Twentieth-century music -- Quest for the psychological: expressionism -- The quest for mystery, romance, and folklore: the Twentieth-century Romantics -- The quest for form and structure: the Neoclassic orientation.
Subject headings (LCSH): Music appreciation; Style, Musical.