The making of European music in the long eighteenth century /

"Musical representations of Europe, in myth and allegory, are well known. However, the concept of a pan-continental music in the thought of Europeans emerged only during the long eighteenth century. From the 1670s Jesuit missionaries in China began to refer to "European music," and fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irving, D. R. M., 1981- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:New cultural history of music.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Musics of Continents and Hemispheres. Part I. "Europe" in Music, Music in "Europe". Musical Constructions of Europe in Myth and Allegory ; Europe as Place : Music and the Imagined Extent of a Continent
  • Part II. "European Music". Europeans, "Franks," and "Their" Musics ; The Emergence of the "European Music" Concept
  • Part III. "Modern European Music" and "Western Music". "Modern" Europe and "Ancient" Others in Musical Thought ; Accidental Occident : The Setting of "the West" in Music History.