| Edition |
1st North American ed. |
| Description |
x, 337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Music and society
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Music and society (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)
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| Note |
"Originally conceived in conjunction with the television programmes, Man and music, of which the first was shown by Channel 4 in 1986"--Pref. |
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Reprint. Originally published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press, 1990. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Early Western civilization / James McKinnon -- Public music as 'fine art' in archaic Greece / Andrew Barker -- Christian antiquity ; The emergence of Gregorian chant in the Carolingian era / James McKinnon -- Plainchant transfigured : innovation and reformation through the ages / David Hiley -- The polyphonic music of the medieval monastery, cathedral and university / Marion S. Gushee -- Medieval England, 950-1450 / Peter M. Lefferts -- Court and city in France, 1100-1300 / Christopher Page -- Ars antiqua, Ars nova, Ars subtilior / Daniel Leech-Wilkinson -- Trecento Italy / Michael Long -- The close of the middle ages / Reinhard Strohm. |
| Subject |
Music -- To 500 -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
To 500 |
| Subject |
Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
| Subject |
Music -- 15th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
15th century |
| Subject |
Music -- Social aspects.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
| Added Author |
McKinnon, James W., 1932-1999.
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| Added Title |
Man and music (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0130361534 |
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9780130361530 |
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0130361615 paperback |
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9780130361615 paperback |
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