The Evolution of the Art of Music

In this book, Parry shows the continuous development of music from primitive times to the end of the nineteenth century.

C. Hubert H. Parry (Author)

9781108001793, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

360 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg

C. Hubert H. Parry (1848–1918), knighted in 1902 for his services to music, was a distinguished composer, conductor and musicologist. In the first of these roles he is best known for his settings of Blake's 'Jerusalem' and the coronation anthem 'I was glad'. He was an enthusiastic teacher and proselytiser of music, believing strongly in its ability to widen and deepen the experience of Man, and this book, published in 1896 as a revised version of his 1893 The Art of Music, appeared in a series called 'The International Scientific Series'. Parry's intention is to trace the origins of music in 'the music of savages, folk music, and medieval music' and to show 'the continuous process of the development of the Musical Art in actuality'.

Preface
1. Preliminaries
2. Scales
3. Folk-music
4. Incipient harmony
5. The era of pure choral music
6. The rise of secular music
7. Combination of old methods and new principles
8. Climax of early instrumental music
9. Beginnings of modern instrumental music
10. The middle stage of modern opera
11. The middle stage of 'sonata' form
12. Balance of expression and design
13. Modern tendencies
14. Modern phases of opera
Summary and conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Music reviews & criticism [AVC]