New Oxford history of music.

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Gerald Abraham. Hardcover 31 December New Oxford History of Music. The New Oxford History of Music. Opera and Church MusicVolume V. The New Oxford History of Music has been planned as a complete survey of music from the earliest times down to the present day, including not only the achievements of the Western world but also the contributions made by Eastern civilizations and 4/5(1).

Read this book on Questia. The present work is designed to replace the Oxford History of Music, first published in six volumes under the general editorship of Sir Henry Hadow between and Five authors contributed to that ambitious publication--the first of.

The New Oxford History of Music is an authoritative ten-volume survey of classical music from ancient times up to Each volume is devoted to a recognised period in music history, and is written by noted scholars in the field.

For the history of music the decisive event was the fall of Athens in B.c., and the revolt against the ideals of her former intellectual elite. In most other matters the post-war education was strongly con­ servative. But musical incompetence, once the mark of the cad, became a plume of the new snobbery.

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