Music in the Western World: a History in Documents; Piero Weiss; 1964; PB VG

Description: Published by Schirmer Books. This classic anthology assembles over 200 source readings, bringing to life the history of music through letters, reviews, biographical sketches, memoirs, and other documents. Writings by composers, critics, and educators touch on virtually every aspect of Western music from ancient Greece to the present day.Table of ContentsThe Heritage of AntiquityOrpheus and the Magical Powers of MusicPythagoras and the Numerical Properties of MusicPlato''s Musical IdealismAristotle on the Purposes of MusicThe Kinship of Music and RhetoricMusic in Temple and Synagogue: the Judaic Heritage (Bible, Philo ofMusic in the Christian Churches of Jerusalem, c. A.D. 400The Middle AgesThe Church Fathers on Psalmody and on the Dangers of Unholy MusicThe Testimony of St. AugustineThe Transmission of the Classical LegacyMusic as a Liberal ArtBefore NotationEmbellishing the LiturgyMusical Notation and Its ConsequencesMusic in Courtly LifeThe Emergence of PolyphonyThe Forms and Practices of Music, c. 1300The First Musical Avant GardeThe Life of Francesco LandiniA Letter fromThe RenaissanceThe "Fount and Origin"Music at Church and State Festivities in the Early RenaissanceThe Triumph of Emperor MaximilianMusic as a BusinessMusic in Castiglione''s CourtierJosquin des Prez in the Eyes of His ContemporariesLuther and MusicThe Swiss ReformersThe Reformation in England (cathedral injunctionsHigh Renaissance StyleWillaert the ReformerMusic at a Medici WeddingLasso and Palestrina as Revealed in The ir LettersThe Life of the Church Musician (Constitutiones Capellae PontificaeThe Genres of Music in the High RenaissanceThe Counter ReformationPalestrina: Fact and LegendMadrigals and MadrigalismGesualdo, Nobleman MusicianThe Most Musical Court in EuropeMusic and Dancing as Social Graces (anonymous conversation bookRenaissance InstrumentalistsRadical Humanism: the End of the RenaissanceThe BaroqueThe Birth of a "New Music"The "Second Practice"The Earliest OperasBasso Continuo and Figured BassFrom the Letters of MonteverdiVenice, 1637: Opera Opens for BusinessSchntz Recounts His CareerThe Doctrine of FiguresMusic and Scientific EmpiricismMusic in the Churches of Rome, 1639Music under the Sun KingRationalistic Distaste for OperaA New Sound IdealThe Baroque Sonata (NorthModern Concert Life is Born (NorthThe Mature Baroque: the Doctrine of the Affections (DescartesThe Art of Music Reduced to Rational PrinciplesThe Earlies

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