Roots of the Classical: The Popular Origins of Western Music

by Peter Van Der Merwe

Book Overview

Roots of the Classical identifies and traces to their source the patterns that make Western classical music unique, setting out the fundamental laws of melody and harmony, and sketching the development of tonality between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The author then focuses on the
years 1770-1910, treating the Western music of this period - folk, popular, and classical - as a single, organically developing, interconnected unit in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199214743
• ISBN13: 9780199214747
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.0"