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Attractively illustrated and laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this volume is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand classical music. Part of Richard Taruskin's magisterial five-volume history of Western music, this first volume ranges from the earliest works (such as Gregorian Chant) to the music of the sixteenth century.

Produktbeschreibung
Attractively illustrated and laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this volume is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand classical music. Part of Richard Taruskin's magisterial five-volume history of Western music, this first volume ranges from the earliest works (such as Gregorian Chant) to the music of the sixteenth century.
Autorenporträt
Richard Taruskin is professor of musicology at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to this work, Taruskin is also the author of such books as Music in the Western World: A History in Documents (1985) , Text & Act (OUP, 1995), and Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions (1996). He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, New Republic, and many other scholarly journals.
Rezensionen
This monumental, nearly 4,000-page history from one of today's outstanding musicologists deserves a place on everybody's shelf. Philip Borg-Wheeler, Classical Music