Source Readings in Music History - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571070094 ISBN 13: 9780571070091

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1952

Synopsis

Forty-five years after the appearance of the first edition, Oliver Strunk's monumental anthology of writings about music has been thoroughly revised and extended by a team of scholars working under the direction of musicologist Leo Treitler. For this new edition, seven specialists in music history have replaced some selections, added others, contributed new translations, and provided additional notes and introductions. An entire new section, covering the twentieth century, significantly enlarges the book's scope. Readers can now acquire a comprehensive picture of Western musical thought and ideas through the ages.

About this title

Product Description

Here is a comprehensive collection of writings on music, spanning the ages from ancient Greece to the close of the twentieth century. All seven sections boast introductory essays in which the period editors present new perspectives on the music of their separate eras. A headnote for each reading provides some background on the writer and places the selection in broader musical and historical context. Finally, a master index brings together names, concepts, and musical genres from the two millennia of music history covered in the book.

About the Author

Leo Treitler, Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York, is the author of Music and the Historical Imagination, as well as other books and articles on music historiography and medieval music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1952
• ISBN 10: 0571070094
• ISBN 13: 9780571070091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 941
• Editor: Strunk W. Oliver