9780195386301-0195386302-Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set

Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set

ISBN-13: 9780195386301
ISBN-10: 0195386302
Author: Richard Taruskin
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 3856 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195386301
ISBN-10: 0195386302
Author: Richard Taruskin
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 3856 pages

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Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set (ISBN-13: 9780195386301 and ISBN-10: 0195386302), written by authors Richard Taruskin, was published by Oxford University Press in 2009. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other History & Criticism (Music, Musical Genres, Reference, Music, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Linguistics, Words, Language & Grammar ) books. You can easily purchase or rent Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History & Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $4.03.

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The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the c

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