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Traces the arc of English music from Handel’s era to the late eighteenth century, linking composers to a growing national sound. This history sketches how stage works, operas, oratorios, and popular songs shaped the soundscape of the time. It blends biography, cultural context, and musical examples to show how composers and performers helped define an English musical identity.
- Learn how English opera evolved and where early works stood in relation to Italian and French styles.
- Discover key figures like Arne, Pepusch, Dibdin, and Shield and the roles they played in popularizing song, theatre, and the concert life.
- See how national melodies and stage entertainments contributed to a distinct English musical tradition.
- Understand the shift from courtly tastes to public performances and how that changed composers’ opportunities and audiences.
Ideal for readers of music history, theatre history, and anyone curious about how English music found its voice.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book presents a comprehensive history of Western music from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Starting from the first known musical system, invented by the Greeks, the author traces the development of musical instruments, notation, and styles. Readers will appreciate the detailed treatment of the role of music in the early Christian Church and the emergence of polyphonic music in the Middle Ages. The author provides ample historical context for each period, and themes such as the influence of the Black Death, the invention of printing, and the patronage of the aristocracy are explored in depth. The intertwining of religious and secular music is carefully detailed, presenting a thorough overview of medieval music and its impact on Western culture. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781333293505_0
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