Music in the Western World
Subtitle: a history in documents
By: Piero Weiss, Richard Taruskin
Contributors: Weiss, Piero; Taruskin, Richard
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Thomson/Schirmer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9780534585990
Subjects: Music -- History and criticism -- Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The heritage of antiquity; title: pt. 2. The Middle Ages; title: pt. 3. The Renaissance; title: pt. 4. The Baroque; title: pt. 5. The pre-classical period; title: pt. 6. The classical period; title: pt. 7. The later nineteenth century : romanticism and other preoccupations; title: pt. 8. The twentieth century; title: pt. 9. The recent past, and the present