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Praise for Richard Taruskin’s The Oxford History of Western Music “There is not a page without insight, and not a chapter that does not fundamentally change the reader’s perspective on its subject matter…. It is a visionary addition to our understanding of our culture.”–Roger Scruton, Times Literary Supplement “Readable, provocative, endlessly challenging and informative, his narrative account of more than a millennium’s worth of musical activity represents a virtuoso display of the historian’s craft.”—Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle “The most important publishing event in classical music since The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.”—The New York Times “Expresses the magnificence and melancholy of its age…. Singular in every possible way.”—Paul Griffiths, The Nation “If you want to know how brilliant Richard Taruskin’s Oxford History of Western Music is, just open the first of its five long volumes and start reading right from page one. I found myself on the edge of my seat, as Mr. Taruskin begins his journey of a thousand years.”—Greg Sandow, The Wall Street Journal “Erudite, engaging, and suffused throughout with a mixture of brilliance and delirium…a highly personal (and often delightfully prickly) take on musical history from an original and eccentric mind—a mind to which anybody interested in the art of music should be exposed.”—Tim Page, The Washington Post “[Taruskin’s] analyses are generally both cogent and entertaining, written in a rambunctious style that conveys technical information with great lucidity.”— Charles Rosen, The New York Review of Books “Taruskin has created a corpus of scholarship of breathtaking scope and crushing weight.”–Lingua Franca “[Taruskin is]…one of the most fluent writers on music in modern scholarship.”–The Musical Times “Entertaining. Provocative.”–The New York Times Book Review “Taruskin’s magnum opus is a must-read, and in its way, a real page-turner of detective non-fiction. It’s a cinch to become the most discussed music title of the year, if not of the decade.”—Robert Everett-Green, The Globe & Mail “It‘s a must-read for people who love or are curious about what we call western classical music…. Suddenly there is a coherent, irresistible narrative, full of delightful, sometimes disturbing surprises that leave you thinking for days. Suddenly, music history lives and breathes.”—Tamara Bernstein, CBC Online “Erudite, biased and persuasive; an irresistible survey of a millennium of music. Its ideas, a brillliant distillation of contemporary cultural attitudes, will likely percolate across music studies and other cultural histories.”—Pierre Ruhe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution “He is an elegant storyteller whose gifts of explication lead the reader to new levels of understanding, if not always agreement…his history is destined to remain intriguing and influential for years to come.”—Don Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer “It isn’t likely that anyone, anytime soon, will challenge or replace this huge effort of Taruskin’s…it is a staggering accomplishment.”—Alan Rich, LA Weekly “The book is nothing short of spectacular…stellar, worthwhile reading.— Daniel Felsenfeld, New Music Box “One of the liveliest and most remakable books about music…. It will give real pleasures and revelations to any music lover, amateur or professional.”— Raphael Mostel, The Forward “It is difficult to arrive at a final opinion of so vast and multifarious a work other than to say that few people in the field could have encompassed it with the thoroughness and knowledge of Richard Taruskin.”—Patrick J. Smith, The New Criterion “Musicians, students, historians, and other readers wishing a detailed narrative about the career, patronage, musical influences, reception, and creative production of western composers, as well as the development of musical styles, will find this a fascinating and satisfying resource.”—Reference & Research Library Book News “Richard Taruskin, the most authoritative controversialist in modern musicology, has written an Oxford History of Western Music to rival Gibbon’s Decline and Fall in ambition, literary distinction and sheer bulk. “—David Gutman, The Independent “There’s no doubt…that The Oxford History of Western Music is an important model of music historiography for some years to come.”—Rob Haskins, American Record Guide “There’s no place else to look for such a comprehensive, entertaining overview of this immense subject.”—John W. Freeman, Opera News “It’s likely to be remembered as the magnum opus of the most stimulating and insightful English-languge writer on music at work today.”—Claude Bustard, Richmond Times-Dispatch “A towering achievement.”—Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times “Taruskin has suceeded in writing a stimulating overview of Western society, setting a standard that will not be surpassed for a very long time.”— Timothy J. McGee, Library Journal starred review “Wickedly brilliant.”—BBC Music Magazine MUSIC IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES THE OXFORD HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC The Oxford History of Western Music is a continuous narrative, in five volumes (originally issued with a sixth containing indices and other back matter), covering the history of literate music making in Europe and (eventually) North America from inception, with the introduction of music notation in the ninth century CE, to the dawn of the third millennium. This book, corresponding to Volume 2 of the whole, has been lightly revised for the sake of greater accuracy and self-sufficiency. The indices and back matter have been divided among the several volumes in this edition. The Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries The Nineteenth Century The Early Twentieth Century The Late Twentieth Century
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