| Series |
New Oxford history of music ; v. 1
New Oxford history of music ; v. 1. ^A159522
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| Contents |
Primitive music / by Marius Schneider. Comparative musicology ; Melody and mankind ; The origin of music ; Totemistic music ; Culture and race ; The formation of scales ; Structure of the melodic ambit ; Origin of polyphony ; Variation and types of melody ; Historical development ; Music and speech ; Instrumental 'language' ; The musical instruments ; Repertory ; The importance of the musician ; Spiritual culture ; Music examples -- The music of far Eastern Asia. 1. China / by Laurence Picken. Introduction ; Prehistory and ethnology of the Far East ; The place of music in Chinese civilization ; Chinese musical instruments ; History of theory and notation ; History of the music ; Chinese instrumental heterophony ; The structure of Chinese instrumental music ; A Tsyr melody ; Opera ; Folk-song ; Buddhist music -- The music of far Eastern Asia. 2. Other countries / by Laurence Picken. Mongolia ; Shinjiang (Chinese Turkestan) ; Tibet ; Korea ; Japan ; Miau ; Luoluo and Minjia ; Nagas ; Annam ; Cambodia ; Siam (Thailand) ; Burma ; Java, Sumatra, and Nias ; Bali ; Other islands of the Indian Archipelago ; Cultural interrelations ; Glossary of Chinese characters -- The music of India / by Arnold Bake. Introduction ; Cultural and philosophical importance ; Vedic music ; The classical system ; Classical instruments ; Modern developments -- The music of ancient Mesopotamia / by Henry George Farmer. Introduction ; The primitive element in music ; The music of the temples ; Secular music ; Instruments of music ; The theory and practice of music ; Notation ; The heritage -- The music of ancient Egypt / by Henry George Farmer. Introduction ; Primitive musical survivals ; Religious music ; Secular music ; Instruments of music ; The practice and theory of music ; The legacy -- Music in the Bible / by Carl H. Kraeling and Lucetta Mowry. Limitations of Biblical information ; The nomadic period ; Early Palestinian period ; Monarchic period ; Music in the temple ; The prophets and music ; Secular music ; Lyrical metres ; Instruments ; After the captivity ; Graeco-Roman period ; Services of the synagogue ; Music in the New Testament ; The church outside Palestine ; Early Christian antiphony ; Gnostic hymns -- The music of post-Biblical Judaism / by Eric Werner. Introduction ; Continuity of Jewish tradition ; Cantillation of Scripture ; Psalm tones ; Autonomous melody ; The modes of synagogue music ; The influence of poetry on the development of synagogue music ; The music of Italian Jewry ; The music of Central European Jewry ; The music of East European Jewry ; Disintegration of synagogue music before the era of emancipation -- Ancient Greek music / by Isobel Henderson. The musical tradition in antiquity ; Traditions of harmonic science ; Grammar and syntax ; The Tonoi ; The notations ; The extant musical documents ; The history of Greek music. Music in Homer's Greece ; The music of the early lyrics ; Aeolian music ; The Harmoniae of Plato's Republic ; The 'enharmonic' mode ; Aristophanes and Athens ; Plato and the Revolution ; Music after the Revolution -- Roman music / by J. E. Scott. Introduction ; Instruments ; Social status of musicians ; Military music ; Music in everyday life ; Music in the theatre ; Recitals and virtuosi ; Imperial amateurs ; Music teaching -- The music of Islam / by Henry George Farmer. Islamic civilization ; The cultural background ; The rise of Islamic music ; Secular music ; Religious music ; Instruments of music ; The practical art ; The theory of music ; The influence. |
| Abstract |
A survey of all music outside the Christian European field including music of primitive people, music of China and the other countries of Far Eastern Asia, and on the music of India, the music of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Jewish music in biblical times, the music of post-biblical Judaism, the music of ancient Greece and Rome and finally, the music of Islam. |
| Local note | Joyner-FOR JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, NEW OXFORD HISTORY OF MUSIC, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER Music ML160 .N44. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-503) and index. |
| LCCN | 57004332 |
