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A Concise History of Music
From the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Time
This 1879 textbook, organised as a systematic study of musical history for easy assimilation by students, includes sample examination questions.
Henry George Bonavia Hunt (Author)
9781108065207, Cambridge University Press
Paperback / softback, published 22 August 2013
208 pages, 10 music examples
21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.27 kg
Henry George Bonavia Hunt (1847–1917) is best remembered as the founder of Trinity College of Music, London, which had grown out of the Church Choral Society he had established in 1872. A talented preacher and choirmaster, he also edited several popular journals, composed, and served as a lecturer in music history for the University of London between 1900 and 1906. This popular textbook, first published in 1878 and reissued here in its revised third edition of 1879, is a systematic study of musical history for easy assimilation by students. It presents an overview of musical epochs, with each paragraph classified according to nationality, thus allowing the musical history of specific countries to be followed. In addition to chronological tables covering major composers and musical events, the work also includes a summary of the development of music as an art. This is followed by more than 200 sample examination questions.
Preface to the second edition
Note to the third edition
Introductory
General summary
Chronometrical tables
Art summary
Examination questions
List of musical examples
Alphabetical list of musical works
General index.
Subject Areas: Music [AV]