Oxford History of Western Music: Taruskin, Richard.
Review. Superlative value.presents virtually all Taruskin's major writing on performance criticism. (Early Music)He is the most devastatingly acute of the growing band of critics and philosophers who question the whole idea of authentic performance practice.Music Magazine.The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial five-volume survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin.The Oxford history of western music User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. Taruskin (musicology, Berkeley) always thinks big, so it is no surprise that he has single-handedly produced a six-volume history of Western music from the earliest chant up to the present day.
The Oxford History of Western Music is not only an overview of music and musicians throughout history — or a stylistic, social, and cultural analysis — but is also an examination of the hermeneutics and historiography of music. In this history Taruskin tells us about much more than just the music. His is a history of how and why music was.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.
Over the last dozen years, the writings of Richard Taruskin have transformed the debate about early music and authenticity. Text and Act collects for the first time the most important of Taruskin's essays and reviews from this period, many of which now classics in the field.
