Attractively illustrated and laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this volume is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand classical music. Part of Richard Taruskin's magisterial five-volume history of Western music, this first volume ranges from the earliest works (such as Gregorian Chant) to the music of the sixteenth century.
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Attractively illustrated and laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this volume is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand classical music. Part of Richard Taruskin's magisterial five-volume history of Western music, this first volume ranges from the earliest works (such as Gregorian Chant) to the music of the sixteenth century.
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