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W. Oliver Strunk (1901–1980)

Author of Source readings in music history

13+ Works 387 Members 1 Review

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Includes the names: O Strunk, Oliver Strunk, Oliver Strunk, Oliver Strunk; selected and annotated

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Source Readings in Music History

Works by W. Oliver Strunk

Source readings in music history (1950) 88 copies

Source Readings in Music History: From Classical Antiquity Through the Romantic Era (1950) 50 copies

Source Readings in Music History: The Baroque Era (1965) 50 copies

Source Readings in Music History: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (1950) 47 copies

Source Readings in Music History: The Renaissance (Renaissance Era) (1965) 39 copies

Source Readings in Music History: The Romantic Era (1965) 37 copies

Art and Culture Around 1492 (1492) 26 copies

Source Readings in Music History: The Classic Era (1965) 22 copies

Essays on music in the Western World (1974) 11 copies

Essays on Music in the Byzantine World (1977) 10 copies

Studies in Music History: Essays for Oliver Strunk (1980) 5 copies

Source Readings In Music History - The Classic Era 1 copy

Source Readings in Music History: The Romantic Era 1 copy

Associated Works

Mozart: Portrait of a Genius (1991) — Translator, some editions — 87 copies

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19th century (3) ancient (2) antiquity (3) art (4) artistic and cultural state of world in 1492--revision of Eurocentric concepts of history (2) Augustine (2) Baroque (4) Berlioz (2) Box 4 (2) C.P.E. Bach (2) classical (4) classical music (6) criticism (5) essays (4) history (30) Liszt (2) literature (2) M Music (2) M04 History (2) media (2) medieval (4) mgs collection (2) Middle Ages (4) music (62) music history (30) music history and literature (2) musicology (9) non-fiction (5) Palestrina (2) primary source (3) reference (5) Renaissance (6) Romanticism (4) Rousseau (2) Schumann (2) Source Readings (2) Strunk (2) Study B6 (5) to-read (5) translated texts (2)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Strunk, William Oliver
Birthdate: 1901-03-22
Date of death: 1980-02-24
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Ithaca, New York, USA
Place of death: Grottaferrata, Italy
Places of residence: Grottaferrata, Italy (1966)
Education: Cornell University (1917-1919|1927)
Berlin University (1927-1928)
Occupations: musicologist
Relationships: Strunk Jr., William (father)
Organizations: Library of Congress (head of the Music Division|1934)
Catholic University of America (lecturer|1934)
American Musicological Society (founder member|1934|first Journal editor|1948|president|1959-1960)
Music Library Association (president|1935-1937)
Princeton University (faculty|1937|professor|1950|retired|1966)
Awards and honors: Rochester University (hon. degree|1936)
Chicago University (hon. degree|1970)
British Academy (Derek Allen Prize|1977)

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Source Readings in Music History From Classical… by Oliver (selected by) Strunk

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Works: 13
Also by: 1
Members: 387
Popularity: #62,499
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 24
Languages: 2

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