A short history of music / by Alfred Einstein.
| Author/creator | Einstein, Alfred |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Fourth American edition, revised. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. |
| Description | xi, 438, xiii pages : music ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Primitive music -- The ancient civilizations -- The Middle Ages. The Gregorian chant ; Polyphony -- The Renaissance. New forms ; Accompanied monody ; Instrumental music in the seventeenth century ; Protestant church music ; Bach ; Handel -- Modern times. Homophony ; Modern instrumental music, Haydn ; Mozart ; Beethoven ; The Romantic Age ; Romantic opera ; Opera in the Latin countries ; The new romanticism ; Wagner ; Brahms and Bruckner ; National music -- Yesterday and today -- |
| Contents | Musical examples. Primitive melody -- Song of Seikilos -- Antiphon -- Alleluia -- Sequence (tenth century) -- Conductus (end of twelfth century) -- Troubadour song -- Hans Sachs: Morning song (1518) -- Anonymous: Thirteenth-century motet -- Giovanni da Cascia: Ballata (c. 1350) -- G. Machaut: Ballade (c. 1360) -- G. Binchois: Section of a mass (c. 1450) -- M. Pesenti: Ballatella (Frottola) (1504) -- L. Senfl: German song (1534) -- A. Willaert: Netherlands motet (1539) -- P. Certon: Chanson (1540) -- G. D. del Giovane da Nola: Masquerade (1541) -- L. Marenzio: Madrigal (1581) -- G. Gabrieli: Venetian motet (1587) -- G. G. Gastoldi: Dance-song (1591) -- G. Gabrieli: Intonation for organ (c. 1550) -- C. Merulo: Ricercar (1567) -- John Dowland: Song (1597) -- Marco da Gagliano: Opera monody (1608) -- G. di Macque: Canzon alla Francese (c. 1600) -- Paul Peuerl: Variations suite (1611) -- H. Schütz: Concerted motet (1647) -- D. Gabrielli: Chamber cantata (1691) -- John Ravenscroft: Church sonata (Trio sonata) (1695) -- Agostino Steffani: French Overture (1691) -- Nicola Piccinni: Italian Overture (1760) -- G. B. Somis: Chamber sonata (Solo sonata) -- J. S. Bach: Concerto grosso form -- J. K. F. Fischer: Clavier suite (1696) -- J. Pachelbel: Organ chorale -- G. B. Pergolesi: Buffo aria (1733) -- W. A. Mozart: Buffo finale (1786) -- J. Haydn: Sonata form (Quartet movement) -- C. W. Gluck: Accompanied recitative (1779). |
| General note | Translation of Geschichte der Musik. |
| General note | Includes index. |