MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES : A Narrative for Student and Layman

Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards/VG; sound w/light surface wear & fading to gilt embossed spine. DJ/None. Dyed upper text edge; rough-cut leading edge. PO label to front cover verso. Collaborative work by composer, music crtic and writer Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882 - 1955) and Ethel R. Peyser (1987 -). A treatise on music through the ages --- "a document of human experience recorded in movement and sound" because music is social, religious, scientific, political and aesthetic. 44 chapters, from primitive music to radio and recordings, in 10 parts: I, Primitive & Ancient Music (Monodic Age); II, Music of the Church (Polyohonic Age); III, Secular Music (Harmonic Age Foreshadowed); IV, Instrumental Music; V, The Classic Period; VI, The Romantic Period; VII, Romantic Opera; VIII, Late 19th Century Trends; IX, Music in America; and X, 20th Century - New Tendencies (Rhythmic - Atonal Age).