The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks- the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music.
This first volume in Richard Taruskin's majestic history, Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century , sweeps across centuries of musical innovation to shed light on the early forces that shaped the development of the Western classical tradition. Beginning with the invention of musical notation more than a thousand years ago, Taruskin addresses topics such as the legend of Saint Gregory and Gregorian chant, Augustine's and Boethius's thoughts on music, the liturgical dramas of Hildegard of Bingen, the growth of the music printing business, the literary revolution and the English madrigal, the influence of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, and the operas of Monteverdi.
Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, this book will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse period.
By:
Richard Taruskin
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 175mm,
Width: 251mm,
Spine: 61mm
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9780195384819
ISBN 10: 0195384814
Series: The Oxford History of Western Music
Pages: 1018
Publication Date: 07 August 2009
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1: Pre-Classical Thought, Introductory Notes 1. Politics and Ethics (300s B.C.), Aristotle 2. Summa Theologica (1267-73), St. Thomas Aquinas 3. A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions (1662), Sir William Petty 4. England's Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664), Thomas Mun 5. Two Treatises of Government (1690) and Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1691), John Locke 6. Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Generale (1755), Richard Cantillon 7. Tableau Economique (1758), Francois Quesnay 8. Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1770), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot 9. Fable of the Bees (1732), Bernard Mandeville Part 2: The Classical School, Introductory Notes 10. Political Discourses (on money, interest, and the balance of trade) (1752), David Hume 11. Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith 12. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), Manual of Political Economy (1795), Anarchical Fallacies (1795), Principles of the Civil Code (1802), Jeremy Bentham 13. Essay on Population (1798), Thomas Malthus 14. Of Population (1820), William Godwin 15. Paper Credit (1802), Henry Thornton 16. The High Price of Bullion (1810) David Ricardo 17. A Treatise on Political Economy (1821), Jean -Baptiste Say 18. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817) David Ricardo 19. Principles of Political Economy (1820), Thomas Malthus 20. Elements of Political Economy (1826), James Mill 21. An Outline of Political Economy (1836), Nassau Senior 22. Principles of Political Economy (1848), J.S. Mill Part 3: The Marxian Challenge, Introductory Notes 23. Critique of Political Economy (1859), Capital (1867), Karl Marx Part 4: The Marginal Revolution, Introductory Notes 24. Theory of Political Economy (1871), William Stanley Jevons 25. Principles of Economics (1871), Carl Menger 26. Elements of Pure Economics (1874), Leon Walras 27. Mathematical Psychics (1881), F.Y. Edgeworth 28. Principles of Economics (1890/1920), Alfred Marshall 29. The Positive Theory of Capital (1891), Eugen Bohm-Bawerk Part 5: The Development of Macroeconomics, Introductory Notes 30. The Influence of the Rate of Interest on Prices (1907), Knut Wicksell 31. The Rate of Interest (1907) and The Purchasing Power of Money (1911) Irving Fisher 32. The End of Laissez-Faire (1926), The General Theory of Employment (1937) and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) John Maynard Keynes Part 6: Institutional Economics, Introductory Notes 33. The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Thorstein Veblen 34. Institutional Economics (1931), John R. Commons
Reviews for The Oxford History of Western Music: Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century
Praise for Richard Taruskin's Oxford History of Western MusicR, 6-volume set Most of the news in classical music takes place on stage or on disc. But at the moment, one of the biggest stories (in more ways than one) is taking place on the printed page. --The New York Times Erudite, engaging, and suffused throughout with a mixture of brilliance and delirium. --Washington Post Taruskin's chef-d'oeuvre, however, is a feast of contrarian ideas, with enough spice to sting the palate of anyone with a stake in telling the old stories in the old way. It aims for nothing less than the revaluation of practically everything you thought you knew about classical music....Taruskin's magnum opus is a must-read, and in its way, a real page-turner of detective non-fiction. It's a cinch to become the most discussed music title of the year, if not of the decade. -- The Globe & Mail The book is nothing short of spectacular - New Music Box There's plenty to keep you amused and enlightened - it's very good reading. - American Record Guide Rather than assemble an overview, Taruskin has written a critical, subjective history in which he examines the influence of key figures, works, and musical ideas against the backdrop of world affairs and cultural history. -Berkeleyan Musicians, students, historians, and other readers wishing a detailed narrative about the career, patronage, musical influences, reception, and creative production of western composers, as well as the development of musical styles will find this a fascinating and satisfying resource. --Reference and Research Library Book News Most of the news in classical music takes place on stage or on disc. But at the moment, one of the biggest stories (in more ways than one) is taking place on the printed page. --The New York Times Erudite, engaging, and suffused throughout with a mixture of brilliance and delirium. --Washington Post Taruskin's chef-d'oeuvre, however, is a feast of contrarian ideas, with enough spice to sting the palate of anyone with a stake in telling the old stories in the old way. It aims for nothing less than the revaluation of practically everything you thought you knew about classical music....Taruskin's magnum opus is a must-read, and in its way, a real page-turner of detective non-fiction. It's a cinch to become the most discussed music title of the year, if not of the decade. -- The Globe & Mail The book is nothing short of spectacular - New Music Box There's plenty to keep you amused and enlightened - it's very good reading. - American Record Guide Rather than ass
