Music of the Western World

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MUSIC OF THE WESTERN WORLD by Luciano Alberti
over 350 Illustrations
Luciano Alberti's magnificently illustrated Music of the Western World tells the fascinating story of the development of Western music, from ancient Greece to the modem European avant-garde, in a lively and lucid fashion that will make the pleasures of listening a more rewarding experience for everyone. Here is a comprehensive popular history of the personalities, the movements, and the social forces that have shaped the sound of our music from the first primitive experiments with rhythm to the latest, most sophisticated experiments with electronic synthesizers.
With over 350 illustrations, many in full color, this handsome volume brings to life for the reader a vivid pictorial record of two thousand years of music history as it was captured in the paintings, prints, and sculpture of the great artists of every period. Professor Alberti begins his narrative with the Greeks, the creators of lyric poetry and of... Tovább

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MUSIC OF THE WESTERN WORLD by Luciano Alberti
over 350 Illustrations
Luciano Alberti's magnificently illustrated Music of the Western World tells the fascinating story of the development of Western music, from ancient Greece to the modem European avant-garde, in a lively and lucid fashion that will make the pleasures of listening a more rewarding experience for everyone. Here is a comprehensive popular history of the personalities, the movements, and the social forces that have shaped the sound of our music from the first primitive experiments with rhythm to the latest, most sophisticated experiments with electronic synthesizers.
With over 350 illustrations, many in full color, this handsome volume brings to life for the reader a vivid pictorial record of two thousand years of music history as it was captured in the paintings, prints, and sculpture of the great artists of every period. Professor Alberti begins his narrative with the Greeks, the creators of lyric poetry and of the Dionysian rituals that gave birth to tragedy. He describes the collapse of Rome and the ten centuries of solemn Gregorian chant that accompanied the rise of Christianity in medieval Europe. Surveying the profound changes that took place in the music of the late Middle Ages, the beginnings of music printmg and our modern system of music notation, and the emergence of a lively secular music culture during the Renaissance, the author then traces the growth of our music heritage through the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern periods, from Bach to Beethoven, from Schubert to Brahms, and from Debussy to Stravinsky and Schoenberg.
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The book covers the origins and the development of such popular forms as the symphony, the sonata, the concerto, the tone poem, and the oratorio, as well as the colorful history of opera from Monteverdi to Puccini. Particular attention has been given to the composers of the twentieth century, and to the varied and exciting new styles they evolved—Impressionism, Expressionism, neo-Classicism, atonality, and aleatory music. The author clarifies some of the problems the listener is likely to encounter with modem music, and explains its fundamentals in nontechnical language. Throughout the emphasis is on making the achievements and the thinking of the world's great composers accessible to those who want to expand their knowledge of the subject. Professor Alberti's authoritative and eminently readable history is certain to be a valuable and attractive addition to every music lover's library.
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