The Cambridge Music Guide

For all those who love music and wish to know more about its colourful history, development and theory.

Stanley Sadie (Author), Alison Latham (Author)

9780521399425, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 April 1990

546 pages, 200 b/w illus. 20 colour illus. 1 map 150 music examples
23.5 x 19.3 x 3.5 cm, 1.51 kg

'A sumptuous one-volume history of music...careful and well organized.' The Times Literary Supplement

The Cambridge Music Guide is for all those who love music and wish to know more about its colourful history, development and theory. Superbly illustrated, the Guide is a comprehensive tour of every aspect of the new musical world, expertly edited by Stanley Sadie, editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music.

Map
Preface
Part I. The Elements of Music
Part II. The Instruments of Music
Part III. The Structure of Music
Part IV. The Middle Ages
Part V. The Renaissance
Part VI. The Baroque Era
Part VII. The Classical Era
Part VIII. The Romantic Era
Part IX. The Turn of the Century
Part X. Modern Times
Part XI. The Traditions of Popular Music
Further Listening
Further Reading
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index.

Subject Areas: Music [AV]