Music from the earliest notations to the sixteenth century / by Richard Taruskin.

Author/creator Taruskin, Richard
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxxii, 906 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Subjects
Music--500-1400. --History and criticism.
Music--15th century. --History and criticism.
Music--16th century. --History and criticism.

Uniform titleOxford history of western music. 1, Earliest notations to the sixteenth century
SeriesThe Oxford history of western music ; v.1
Contents The curtain goes up -- New styles and forms -- Retheorizing music -- Music of feudalism and fin' amors -- Polyphony in practice and theory -- Notre Dame de Paris -- Music for an intellectual and political ©♭lite -- Business math, politics, and Paradise : the ars nova -- Machaut and his progeny -- "A pleasant place" : music of the trecento -- Island and mainland -- Emblems and dynasties -- Middle and low -- Josquin and the humanists -- A perfected art -- The end of perfection -- Commercial and literary music -- Reformations and counter reformations -- Pressure of radical humanism.
General noteOriginally published as: Oxford history of western music. Vol. 1, Earliest notations to the sixteenth century. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 855-864) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008045028
ISBN9780199842148 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195384819

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