UID:
almahu_9947415329602882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 254 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139105675 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Music
Content:
Hannah Smith (1849–1939) was a composer for children and an educator. In 1903 she published the popular Founders of Music, a series of biographical sketches of composers written for children. Written in 1898, when Wagner had been dead for only fifteen years, this is a concise history of music and instruments, aimed at the enthusiast. Covering broad subjects rather than concentrating on a few composers, Smith discusses not just the development of musical styles but also how musical notation developed, how the ear functions and how musical instruments produce the sounds they do. The tastes of the time are evident, particularly in the surprisingly detailed discussion of the Oratorio: however, the book allows us to see how music and its progress were regarded at the turn of the twentieth century, before composers such as Stravinsky and Schoenberg shook the musical establishment.
Note:
Originally published: London : John Murray, 1898.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108038812
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139105675
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