The art of music : a short history of musical styles and ideas / [by] Beekman C. Cannon, Alvin H. Johnson [and] William G. Waite.

Author/creator Cannon, Beekman C.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Crowell, [1960]
Descriptionviii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents The legacy of Greece and Rome -- The Christian foundations of Western music Gregorian Chant -- The Christian foundations of Western music The outgrowth of the chant -- The Middle Ages The triumph of time: 1150-1300 -- The Middle Ages Of time and the temporal: 1300-1400 -- The Renaissance the music of humanism: 1400-1520 -- The Renaissance Mannerism: 1520-1600 -- The Baroque the accents of passion: 1600-1660 -- The Baroque the musical enlightenment: 1660-1750 -- The age of genius the classic era -- The age of genius Romanticism -- The age of genius the twilight of the gods -- The twentieth century the search for reality -- Appendix basic principles of music -- Index.
LCCN 60007129

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