A General History of Music

From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period

By:

Charles Burney

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Music

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Charles Burney (1726–1814), was the foremost music historian of his day. The General History, his most famous work, was published in four volumes between 1776 and 1789 and is still of great value today. Burney wanted to write something which would appeal to and inform the musician and the general reader. Research for the History was undertaken during two European tours, in 1770 and 1772, consulting original sources and meeting the great musicians of the time. The resultant work is engaging and elegantly written, offering the reader a fascinating view not only of Burney's own musical preferences and enthusiasms, but also a reflection of contemporary fashionable taste. All four volumes contain generous musical examples, quotations from original sources and an index. The fourth volume, published 1789, is an account of the birth and development of opera and the contemporary music scene in England.

Release date NZ

October 31st, 2010

Author

Charles Burney

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Pages

712

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Music

Dimensions

210x297x36

ISBN-13

9781108016421

Product ID

6789885

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