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Roots of the Classical

The Popular Origins of Western Music
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Roots of the Classical identifies and traces to their sources the patterns that make Western classical music unique, setting out the fundamental laws of melody and harmony, and sketching the development of tonality between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The author then focuses on the years 1770-1910, treating the Western music of this period - folk, popular, and classical - as a single, organically developing, interconnected unit in which the popular idiom was constantly feeding into 'serious' music, showing how the same patterns underlay music of all kinds.

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Peter Van der Merwe spent two years at the South African College of Music in Cape Town but is largely self-taught. He is now working as a qualified librarian. He published his first book, 'Origins of the Popular Style' with OUP in 1989.
Release date NZ
December 9th, 2004
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  • Professional & Vocational
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numerous musical examples
Pages
576
Dimensions
165x242x36
ISBN-13
9780198166474
Product ID
2113619

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Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)