Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
Edited By Jim Samson
€ 207.81
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
hardcover. First published in 2002, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on extensive scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Samson, Jim. Series: The Cambridge History of Music. Num Pages: 788 pages, chronology, glossary. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1350.
This comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. It avoids mere repertory surveys, focusing instead on issues which illuminate the subject in novel and interesting ways. The book is divided into two parts (1800–1850 and 1850–1900), each of which approaches the major repertory of the period by way of essays investigating the intellectual and socio-political history of the time. The music itself is discussed in five central chapters within each part, amplified by essays on topics such as popular culture, nationalism, genius, and the emergent concept of an avant-garde. The ... Read more
This comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. It avoids mere repertory surveys, focusing instead on issues which illuminate the subject in novel and interesting ways. The book is divided into two parts (1800–1850 and 1850–1900), each of which approaches the major repertory of the period by way of essays investigating the intellectual and socio-political history of the time. The music itself is discussed in five central chapters within each part, amplified by essays on topics such as popular culture, nationalism, genius, and the emergent concept of an avant-garde. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
788
Condition
New
Series
The Cambridge History of Music
Number of Pages
788
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521590174
SKU
V9780521590174
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-6
About Edited By Jim Samson
Jim Samson has been a Professor of Music at the Universities of Exeter and Bristol and is now Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published several books on Chopin including The Cambridge Companion to Chopin (1992), as well as books on Szymanowski, late Romantic music, and music of the early twentieth century.
Reviews for The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
'… a comprehensive, impressive overview of the music of the period in question … Jim Samson has assembled an equally impressive selection of Anglo-American musicological minds to write it with him. There is in fact nothing gimmicky here, but much to admire. The book on its own terms remains a significant contribution to the current literature, of which any publisher ... Read more