MTU Library Catalogue

The academic manual of musical history. (part 1) / G. Augustus Holmes and Frederick J. Karn.

By: Holmes, G. Augustus (George Augustus), 1861-1943 [author.].
Contributor(s): Karn, Frederick J [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : A. Weekes & Co. Ltd., 1946Description: viii, 124 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Musical analysisDDC classification: 781.8
Contents:
Music of the ancients -- On the development of music from the Christian era -- On the introduction of part-singing and the invention of counterpoint -- Secular music -- The early contrapuntal period -- English and Roman church music in the sixteenth century -- The decline of the supremacy of the contrapuntal school -- The rise of the French school -- The Neapolitan school of composers -- Growth of the modern binary form -- Great rise in instrumental music -- Continued rise of the later masters of the symphonic school -- The influence of Wagnerism -- General state of music in Great Britain -- Twentieth-century music and composers -- The pianoforte and important composers for the same.

Includes index.

Music of the ancients -- On the development of music from the Christian era -- On the introduction of part-singing and the invention of counterpoint -- Secular music -- The early contrapuntal period -- English and Roman church music in the sixteenth century -- The decline of the supremacy of the contrapuntal school -- The rise of the French school -- The Neapolitan school of composers -- Growth of the modern binary form -- Great rise in instrumental music -- Continued rise of the later masters of the symphonic school -- The influence of Wagnerism -- General state of music in Great Britain -- Twentieth-century music and composers -- The pianoforte and important composers for the same.

Dr. Geoffrey Spratt Collection.