A Student's Guide to Music History.A Student's Guide to Music History R.J. Stove ISI ISI International Sensitivity Index, see there Books PO Box 4431, Wilmington, DE 19807-0431 9781933859415, $8.00 www.isibooks.org 1-800-526-7022 Music is as old as humanity itself, and to some, just may be older than that. "A Student's Guide to Music History" covers from the early middle ages and onwards on·ward adj. Moving or tending forward. adv. also on·wards In a direction or toward a position that is ahead in space or time; forward. Adv. 1. , focusing on classical music's development since then. Origins of the Plainchant plainchant: see plainsong. , differences between secular and sacred music, and origins of opera The word "opera" means "work" in Italian (from the plural of Latin opus meaning "work" or "labour") suggesting that it combines the arts of solo and choral singing, declamation, acting and dancing in a staged spectacle. are all covered, as are intriguing portraits of many famous composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss among others. Any one with interest in the great strides of classical music over the centuries should look into "A Student's Guide to Music History", which should be in every community library music collection. |
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