The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music

The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. Essays investigate the intellectual and socio-political history of the time, and examine topics such as nations and nationalism, the emergent concept of an avant garde, and musical styles and languages at the turn of the century. It contains a detailed chronology, and extensive glossaries.

Author: Jim Samson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/31/2014
Pages: 785
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781107679948

About the Author
Samson, Jim: - Jim Samson has been a Professor of Music at the Universities of Exeter and Bristol and is now Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published several books on Chopin including The Cambridge Companion to Chopin (1992), as well as books on Szymanowski, late Romantic music, and music of the early twentieth century.