History of music

by Hugh Milton Miller

Series: College Outline Series (55)

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This outline-history is a guide to the music of all ages and a concise summary which traces the development of musical art from ancient civilizations to contemporary composes. The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout. Two new features: (1) inclusion of musical examples in score to illustrate certain technical problems and (2) the use of photographic reproductions to illustrate basic types of notation.… (more)

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1947 (first edition)

1953 (second edition)

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

Johannes Brahms

Claude Debussy

George Frideric Handel

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The acquisition of historical information about music is of little value unless that information is applied directly to the literature of music.

CHAPTER I
Antiquity to about 200 A.C.
The history of music until about 200 A.D. is shrouded in darkness.

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This outline-history is a guide to the music of all ages and a concise summary which traces the development of musical art from ancient civilizations to contemporary composes. The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout. Two new features: (1) inclusion of musical examples in score to illustrate certain technical problems and (2) the use of photographic reproductions to illustrate basic types of notation.

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