The rise of European music, 1380-1500 / Reinhard Strohm
1996, 2nd edition. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #428083
ISBN: 0521417457
Physical description; xv, 720 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-682), and index. Contents; Part I : The age of the Great Schism (1378-1417). Introduction ; The central tradition ; The lateral traditions ; The Council of Constance -- Part II : The age of Dufay and Dunstable. Introduction ; North and south ; West and east -- Part III : The common traditions. Music in the life of the institutions ; Monophonic song, simple polyphony and instrumental music -- Part IV : Europe after 1450 : Diversity and Participation. Britain : homegrown glories ; France and low countries : the invention of the masterwork; Central Europe : masters and apprentices; Italy and Spain : the encounter of music and Renaissance. Subjects; 500-1499. Music 500-1400 History and criticism. Music 15th century History and criticism. Music. Civilization, Medieval 14th century. Arts, Medieval Europe. Music Europe 500-1400 History and criticism.
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