Ancient Forms to Polyphony (Pelican History of Music #1) by Alec Robertson, Denis Stevens

Ancient Forms to Polyphony (Pelican History of Music #1)

Alec Robertson, Denis Stevens

343 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The '1066' of our music lies somewhere in the Middle Ages, when the Western tradition seems to spring, fully armed with tonality, harmony and rhythm, from the head of medieval man. It is easy to forget that musical languages had been evolving, in ...

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