The heritage of musical style /
Donald H. Van Ess
- Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., c1981
- ix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Meaning in music -- 2. The greco-roman era -- 3. The romanesque period -- 4. The gothic era -- 5. The renaissance -- 6. The baroque period -- 7. The classical era -- 8. The romantic age -- 9. Impressionism -- 10. The twentieth century.
The book is organized historically but makes no attempt to cover every facet of music history, and detailed descriptions of techniques, composers and periods have been omitted whenever possible in favor of definitive summaries of these aspects.