Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Oxford History of Western Music

by Richard Taruskin

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195384822
• ISBN13: 9780195384826
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.9" x 9.9"