A history of Western music /

Grout, Donald Jay

A history of Western music / by Donald Jay Grout. - New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, ©1960. - xiv ; 742 pages ; inludes illustrations, 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The state of music at the end of the ancient world -- II. Gregorian chant and secular song in the middle ages -- III. The beginnings of poliphony and the music of the thirteenth century -- IV. French and italian music of the fourteenth century -- V. Music at the close of the middle ages: the english and burgundian schools -- VI. The ages of the renaissance: Ockeghem to josquin -- VII. New currents in the sixteenth century -- VIII. Church music and instrumental music in the late renaissance -- IX. Early baroque music -- X. The mature baroque: Vocal music -- XI. The mature baroque: Instrumental music -- XII. The early eighteenth century -- XIII. Sources of classical style: The sonata. symphony, and opera in the eighteenth century -- XIV. The late eighteenth century -- XV. Ludwig van beethoven (1770-1827) -- XVI. The romantic period: Vocal music -- XVII. The romantic period: Instrumental music -- XVIII. The romantic period: Opera and music drama -- XIX. The end of an era -- XX. The twentieth century -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chronology -- Index.

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MUSIC--HISTORY AND CRITICISM

ML 160 / G918 1960

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