Early music (up to c 1000 CE) books

141 books were found.

The Motet in the Late Middle Ages

The Motet in the Late Middle Ages

Author: Margaret Bent (Emeritus Fellow, Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University)
ISBN: 9780190063771
Format: Hardback
$209.00

A unique capacity of measured polyphony is to give precisely fixed places not only to musical notes, but also to...  Read More >>

Music: Antiquity and Its Legacy

Music: Antiquity and Its Legacy

Author: Dr Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia, Italy) ,  Phiroze Vasunia (University College London UK)
ISBN: 9781350193826
Format: Paperback
$39.99

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices...  Read More >>

Music: Antiquity and Its Legacy

Music: Antiquity and Its Legacy

Author: Dr Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia, Italy) ,  Phiroze Vasunia (University College London UK)
ISBN: 9781350193819
Format: Hardback
$130.00

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices...  Read More >>

Studies on Eastern Orthodox Church Chant

Studies on Eastern Orthodox Church Chant

Author: Svetlana Kujumdzieva
ISBN: 9781032454818
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book focuses on the compilation of the different practices of Eastern Orthodox Chant, looking at the subject...  Read More >>

Sound Bites: The bendy path of classical music from Ancient Greece to today from your favourite ABC Classic presenter of Weekend Breakfast and bestselling author of Whole Notes & Cadence

Sound Bites: The bendy path of classical music from...

Author: Ed Le Brocq
ISBN: 9780733343087
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Ed Le Brocq invites you to come on a journey with him through a living tradition that spans a millennium - the tradition...  Read More >>

Explorations in Music and Esotericism

Explorations in Music and Esotericism

Author: Professor Emeritus Leonard George ,  Professor Marjorie Roth (Person)
ISBN: 9781648250651
Format: Hardback
$330.00

Scholars explore from many fresh angles the interweavings of two of the richest strands of human culture - music...  Read More >>

Transformations of Musical Modernism

Transformations of Musical Modernism

Author: Erling E. Guldbrandsen (Universitetet i Oslo) ,  Julian Johnson (Royal Holloway, University of London)
ISBN: 9781107566095
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Modernism is key to Western art music yet remains poorly understood. This book offers new perspectives on transformations...  Read More >>

Music, Politics and Society in Ancient Rome

Music, Politics and Society in Ancient Rome

Author: Harry Morgan (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9781009232333
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Demonstrates that music was fundamental to Roman political culture and social relations, shaping debates about class,...  Read More >>

B.B. King: From Indianola to Icon: A Personal Odyssey with the “King of the Blues”

B.B. King: From Indianola to Icon: A Personal Odyssey...

Author: Charles Sawyer ,  “Monster” Mike Welch
ISBN: 9780764363856
Format: Hardback
$95.00

A comprehensive exploration of B.B. King's journey from sharecropper to musical icon!  Read More >>

Mensuration and Proportion Signs: Origins and Evolution

Mensuration and Proportion Signs: Origins and Evolution...

Author: Anna Maria Busse Berger (Distinguished Professor of Music, Emeritus, Distinguished Professor of Music, Emeritus, University of California, Davis)
ISBN: 9780197602539
Format: Paperback
$80.95

Mensuration and Proportion Signs represents the first attempt to see the origin of musical mensuration and proportion...  Read More >>

The Study of Musical Performance in Antiquity: Archaeology and Written Sources

The Study of Musical Performance in Antiquity: Archaeology...

Author: Agnes Garcia Ventura ,  Claudia Tavolieri
ISBN: 9781527572683
Format: Paperback
$137.15

This collection of eleven essays provides the reader with some valuable insights into the richness of sources dealing...  Read More >>

Music in Ancient Greece: Melody, Rhythm and Life

Music in Ancient Greece: Melody, Rhythm and Life

Author: Spencer Klavan (University of Oxford, UK)
ISBN: 9781350119925
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces...  Read More >>

Music in Ancient Greece: Melody, Rhythm and Life

Music in Ancient Greece: Melody, Rhythm and Life

Author: Spencer Klavan (University of Oxford, UK)
ISBN: 9781350119949
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces...  Read More >>

Anthology to accompany GATEWAYS TO UNDERSTANDING MUSIC

Anthology to accompany GATEWAYS TO UNDERSTANDING MUSIC...

Author: Samuel N. Dorf ,  Heather MacLachlan (University of Dayton, USA)
ISBN: 9780367485399
Format: Hardback
$284.00

"This anthology to accompany Gateways to Understanding Music is comprised of musical ""texts."" These broadly-defined...  Read More >>

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East

Author: John Arthur Smith
ISBN: 9780367486334
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between...  Read More >>

Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen

Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music...

Author: James Cook ,  Alexander Kolassa
ISBN: 9780367593155
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in...  Read More >>

The Hymnographic Book of Tropologion: Sources, Liturgy and Chant Repertory

The Hymnographic Book of Tropologion: Sources, Liturgy...

Author: Svetlana Kujumdzieva
ISBN: 9780367594091
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The Tropologion is considered the earliest known extant chant book from the early Christian world which was in use...  Read More >>

Drawing on Culture: An Artist's West Africa Travelogue

Drawing on Culture: An Artist's West Africa Travelogue...

Author: Dave Kobrenski
ISBN: 9780982668931
Format: Paperback
$67.25

In Drawing on Culture, artist and ethnomusicologist Dave Kobrenski takes readers on an artistic journey of cultural...  Read More >>

Djoliba Crossing: Journeys into West African Music and Culture

Djoliba Crossing: Journeys into West African Music and...

Author: Dave Kobrenski
ISBN: 9780982668948
Format: Paperback
$90.54

"Discover the music and culture of West Africa in this beautifully illustrated account of an artist's adventures...  Read More >>

Songs of Joshua Tree: An Odyssey Through the Music History of the Park and Its Surrounds

Songs of Joshua Tree: An Odyssey Through the Music History...

Author: Lauren Beth Eisenberg Davis
ISBN: 9781543971910
Format: Paperback
$32.99

"Living alone at the remote Lost Horse Cabin — beyond the Service Road Only sign, beyond the Locked Gate Ahead sign,...  Read More >>

Composing Capital: Classical Music in the Neoliberal Era

Composing Capital: Classical Music in the Neoliberal...

Author: Marianna Ritchey
ISBN: 9780226640235
Format: Paperback
$52.95

The familiar old world of classical music, with its wealthy donors and ornate concert halls, is changing. The patronage...  Read More >>

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