Histoire De La Musique, Encyclopédie De La Pléiade, Tome 1 & 2

CollectionEncyclopédie de la Pléiade
Gallimard. 1960. Reprinted 1881.
Under the direction of Roland Manuel.
Tome 1: From the origins to Johann Sebastian Bach
Summary: Elements and genesis - Music in non-European civilizations - Music in the Ancient East - Music in Classical Antiquity - Music in the Muslim world - Music in the Christian world - Music in the Middle Ages - Renaissance, Reformation, Counter-Reformation - The era of the concertante style: Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands and Liège, England, Germany - G.F. Handel - J.S. Bach. Collective work complete with glossary, tables, index and analytical table
2240 pages
Tome 2: From the 18th century to the present day.
Summary: Towards Classicism - The classical masters - At the dawn of Romanticism - Aspects of Romanticism - Legacy of Romanticism - The French revival - The XXᵉ century - Music outside the concert hall - Science and criticism. Collective work complete with chronological table, indexes and analytical table
1880 pages
Good condition.