The New Oxford History of Music: Volume V: Opera and Church Music 1630-1750 (The New Oxford History of Music, Vol 5)

Looks at ancient and oriental music and traces the history of western music from medieval times to the twentieth century. v. 1. Ancient and oriental music. v. 2. Early medieval music up to 1300. v. 3. Ars nova and the Renaissance, 1300-1540. v. 4. The age of humanism, 1540-1630. v. 5. Opera and church music, 1630-1750. Edited by A. Lewis and N. Fortune. v. 6. Concert music (1630-1750), edited by Gerald Abraham. v. 7. The age of enlightenment, 1745-1790, edited by E. Wellesz and F. Sternfeld. v. 8. The age of Beethoven, 1790-1830, edited by G. Abraham. v. 9. Romanticism, 1830-1890. v. 10. The Modern age, 1890-1960, edited by M. Cooper. Concerned with opera and church music, both fields which witnessed enormous activity and the composition of numerous masterpieces during this period, the baroque era of music Edited By Anthony Lewis And Nigel Fortune. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [777]-829.