The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of
Western Music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists
of our time, Richard Taruskin. Now in paperback, the set has been
reconstructed to be available for the first time as individual books,
each one taking on a critical time period in the history of western
music. All five books are also being offered in a shrink wrapped set for
a discounted price. Each book in this magnificent set illuminates -
through a representative sampling of masterworks - those themes, styles,
and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. The
five titles cover Western music from its earliest days to the sixteenth
century, the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the nineteenth century,
the early twentieth century, and the late twentieth century. Taking a
critical perspective, Taruskin sets the details of music, the
chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the
larger context of world
affairs and cultural history. He combines an
emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical
concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how
contemporaries heard and understood it. He also describes how the
context of each stylistic period - key cultural, historical, social,
economic, and scientific events - influenced and directed compositional
choices. Moreover, the five books are filled with helpful illustrations
that enhance the historical context of musical composition, as well as
musical examples, black-and-white pictures throughout, suggestions for
further reading, and indexes. Laced with brilliant observations,
memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions
between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and
music, these books will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to
understand this rich and diverse tradition.
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