The Oxford History of English Music: Volume II: C.1715 to the Present Day

ISBN-13: 9780198162889 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 648 str.

John Caldwell

Opis

The Oxford History of English Music, Volume 2 takes the story of English Music from c.1715 to the present day. Apart from discussing the music of the principal composers, it focuses to a certain extent on the work of lesser musicians, and includes developments in light and popular music as well as in serious genres. After seven chapters in which the main events are considered chronologically, a further chapter deals specifically with folk music and popular music of all periods, and a final chapter covers social issues not otherwise handled in detail. There are over a hundred musical examples, illustrating all chapters except the last, and all based on original sources.

Recenzje

Caldwell's mastery of minute detail, even at its most intransigent, is convincing and the results highly readable.

O autorze

Co-editor: Plainsong and Medieval Music (1992-6) General Editor: Musica da Camera; Corpus of Early Keyboard Music; Early English Church Music. Series Editor: Outstanding Theses on Music from British Universities (Garland Publishing).