The Cambridge Music Guide

Alison Latham Stanley Sadie
Cambridge University Press
Edition: New Ed, 4/5/1990
EAN 9780521399425, ISBN10: 0521399424

Paperback, 546 pages, 23.1 x 19 x 3.8 cm
Language: English

The Cambridge Music Guide is for all those who love music and wish to know more about its colourful history, development and theory. Superbly illustrated, the Guide is a comprehensive tour of every aspect of the new musical world, expertly edited by Stanley Sadie, editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music.

Map
Preface
Part I. The Elements of Music
Part II. The Instruments of Music
Part III. The Structure of Music
Part IV. The Middle Ages
Part V. The Renaissance
Part VI. The Baroque Era
Part VII. The Classical Era
Part VIII. The Romantic Era
Part IX. The Turn of the Century
Part X. Modern Times
Part XI. The Traditions of Popular Music
Further Listening
Further Reading
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index.