History of Music - Brossura

Bennett, Roy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521336813 ISBN 13: 9780521336819

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Riassunto

The Cambridge Assignments in Music series features a variety of books, audio cassettes and CDs including History of Music, Popular Music, Performing and Responding and Popular Music. This book presents a brief outline of the history of western music, covering all important areas, with the main emphasis on recognition of style and period. A checklist of pointers, or 'fingerprints' of music style, is included for each period and the book ends with a main summary chart. The book is intended to help GCSE candidates in areas of the examination which involve the history of music and music styles, especially in questions where they are asked to identify the period and composer of previously unheard pieces of music.

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Descrizione del libro:

This book presents a brief outline of the history of western music, covering all important areas, with the main emphasis on recognition of style and period. A checklist of pointers, or 'fingerprints' of music style, is included for each period and the book ends with a main summary chart. The book is intended to help GCSE candidates in areas of the examination which involve the history of music and music styles, especially in questions where they are asked to identify the period and composer of previously unheard pieces of music.

Contenuti:

1. What is 'style' in music?; 2. Medieval music; 3. Renaissance music; 4. Baroque music (1600–1750); 5. Classical music (1750–1810); 6. 19th-century Romanticism; 7. 20th-century music; Index; Summary chart.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0521336813
• ISBN 13: 9780521336819
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 80